Rejection of non-adaptive hypotheses for intraspecific variation in trophic morphology in gape-limited predators

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-223

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allometry; Correlated response; Divergence; Evolution; Feeding habits; Geographic variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ADDER; BODY SIZE; COMMON GARTERSNAKE; GAPE LIMITATION; HEAD SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; PREY SIZE;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 0030697872     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0148     Document Type: Article

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