A comparison of evolutionary radiations in mainland and Caribbean Anolis lizards

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2191-2203

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a,c   Vitt, Laurie J ^b   Zani, Peter A ^b,d   Losos, Jonathan B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis lizards; Caribbean Sea; Ecomorphology; Evolutionary radiations; Mainland island comparisons; South America

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RADIATION; LIZARD; MAINLAND-ISLAND COMPARISON;

CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANOLIS;

EID: 0031284559     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265955     Document Type: Article

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