Add to ORKGDuring fieldwork in the eastern goldfields, a gravid female thorny devil (Moloch horridus) was collected. Whilst held in captivity the female deposited eight eggs in a calico bag and apparently urinated over the clutch. We propose that thorny devils may hydrate their eggs after oviposition to reduce desiccation during development in the nesting burrow. This may lead to a fitness increase for the offspring at hatching in the form of increased hatchling siz
Egg predation is the one of the main costs of brood desertion in many ectothermic animals. When stre...
derwater where they are inaccessible to males. I demonstrate hat males guard submerged females rathe...
The ability of an organism to adapt to short-term environmental changes within its lifetime is of fu...
Oviposition in odonate females is usually considered finished when the female leaves the oviposition...
The ability of resting eggs to survive periods of drying and hydroperiod too short to allow reproduc...
Moisture plays a major role in the dynamics of mosquito populations, especially those breeding in co...
© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature. Evidence for the adaptive val...
[[abstract]]The endemic tree frogs Chirixalus idiootocus lay their eggs in rather moist environment ...
Laying eggs on a wet substrate minimizes water stress for flexible-shelled reptile eggs because they...
Mosquito vectors lay their white eggs in the aquatic milieu. During early embryogenesis water passes...
Females of the haematophagous bug Rhodnius prolixus attach their eggs in clusters on substrates rela...
The thorny devil stick insect (Eurycantha calcarata) of New Guinea has eggs that take four months or...
Reproduction on mudflats requires that eggs are protected from different environmental challenges du...
Parasitoidism is one of the main causes of insect egg mortality. Parasitoids are often able to detec...
Brood desertion is a life history strategy that allows parents to minimize costs related to parental...
Egg predation is the one of the main costs of brood desertion in many ectothermic animals. When stre...
derwater where they are inaccessible to males. I demonstrate hat males guard submerged females rathe...
The ability of an organism to adapt to short-term environmental changes within its lifetime is of fu...
Oviposition in odonate females is usually considered finished when the female leaves the oviposition...
The ability of resting eggs to survive periods of drying and hydroperiod too short to allow reproduc...
Moisture plays a major role in the dynamics of mosquito populations, especially those breeding in co...
© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature. Evidence for the adaptive val...
[[abstract]]The endemic tree frogs Chirixalus idiootocus lay their eggs in rather moist environment ...
Laying eggs on a wet substrate minimizes water stress for flexible-shelled reptile eggs because they...
Mosquito vectors lay their white eggs in the aquatic milieu. During early embryogenesis water passes...
Females of the haematophagous bug Rhodnius prolixus attach their eggs in clusters on substrates rela...
The thorny devil stick insect (Eurycantha calcarata) of New Guinea has eggs that take four months or...
Reproduction on mudflats requires that eggs are protected from different environmental challenges du...
Parasitoidism is one of the main causes of insect egg mortality. Parasitoids are often able to detec...
Brood desertion is a life history strategy that allows parents to minimize costs related to parental...
Egg predation is the one of the main costs of brood desertion in many ectothermic animals. When stre...
derwater where they are inaccessible to males. I demonstrate hat males guard submerged females rathe...
The ability of an organism to adapt to short-term environmental changes within its lifetime is of fu...