Momma needs a drink: Droughts are stressing out pregnant snakes
Gomez Isaza, D.F.ORCID: 0000-0003-3112-8683
(2022)
Momma needs a drink: Droughts are stressing out pregnant snakes.
Conservation Physiology, 10
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Abstract
Mothers invest a lot of time into the healthy development of their young. Yet, climate change is making motherhood more challenging. Water and nutrients are becoming scarce. Indeed, a recent study, led by Mathias Dezetter from the Centre for Biological Studies of Chizé in France, found that snakes are no exception. Populations of European adder (Vipera berus) may ‘dry out’ if drought conditions worsen...
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press and the Society for Experimental Biology |
Copyright: | © The Author(s) 2022 |
URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/64903 |
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