Estimating asymptotic body size and testing geographic variation in Agama impalearis

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-283

  Brown, Richard P ^a   Znari, Mohammed ^b   El Mouden, El Hassan ^b   Harris, Peter ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LIZARD; MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AGAMA IMPALEARIS; AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033057330     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00503.x     Document Type: Article

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