| egg components and hatchling lipid reserves: parental investment in kinosternid turtles from the southeastern united states. | we measured egg components and pre-ovulatory parental investment in kinosternid turtles (kinosternon baurii, kinosternon subrubrum, sternotherus minor, and sternotherus odoratus) from the southeastern usa. allocation patterns were determined by comparing lipid content of eggs and hatchlings, to determine whether females of species with hatchlings that exhibit a delayed nest-emergence strategy: (1) allocate higher proportions of energy storage lipids to eggs, (2) produce hatchlings with higher le ... | 1998 | 9787783 |