Geographic variation and phenotypic plasticity of number of trunk vertebrae in slender salamanders, Batrachoseps (Caudata: Plethodontidae)

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1966-1982

  Jockusch, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachoseps; Elongation; Geographic variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Plethodontidae; Reaction norm; Vertebral number

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SALAMANDER; VERTEBRAE;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGE; USA;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; BATRACHOSEPS; CAUDATA; PLETHODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031427020     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb05118.x     Document Type: Article

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