Reconstructing ancestral reaction norms: An example using the evolution of reptilian viviparity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 688-697

  Qualls, C P ^a,b   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; evolution of viviparity; inference; Lerista bougainvillii; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIZARD; VIVIPARITY;

LERISTA BOUGAINVILLII;

EID: 0030303680     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390503     Document Type: Article

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