Differences in body size among chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus) populations

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 259-271

  Tracy, Christopher R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size differences; Chuckwallas; Common garden experiment; Effects on lizard growth; Effects on lizard size; Elevation; Geographic variation; Life history; Lizards; Rainfall; Sauromalus obesus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; LIZARD;

IGUANIDAE; SAUROMALUS ATER; SAUROMALUS OBESUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032930491     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176995     Document Type: Article

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