Habitat Fragmentation Promotes Fluctuating Asymmetry but not Morphological Divergence in Two Geckos

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-64

  Sarre, Stephen ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fluctuating asymmetry; Fragmentation; Morphological divergence

Indexed keywords

GEHYRA VARIEGATA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; OEDURA; OEDURA RETICULATA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0002949225     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02514971     Document Type: Article

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