A phylogenetic analysis of body size evolution and biogeography in chuckwallas (Sauromalus) and other iguanines

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 206-219

  Petren, Kenneth ^a,b   Case, Ted J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; character transitions; cytochrome b; Gulf of California; insular gigantism; lizards; predation; Sea of Cortez

Indexed keywords

SAUROMALUS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030618379     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02402.x     Document Type: Article

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