An experimental test for food effects on head size allometry in juvenile snakes

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2536-2542

  Forsman, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; allometry; growth; head size; phenotypic plasticity; shape; snake; Vipera berus

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 0030512736     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03642.x     Document Type: Article

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