Evolutionary relationships between body shape and habitat use in lacertid lizards

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 785-803

  Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a   Van Damme, Raoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ecomorphology; Habitat use; Lacertidae; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000283778     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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