A phylogenetic analysis of body size evolution in the Anolis roquet group (Sauria: Iguanidae): Character displacement or size assortment?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-202

  Giannasi, N ^a   Thorpe, R S ^a   Malhotra, A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestral reconstruction; Anolis; Body size; Character displacement; Competition; Phylogeny; Size assortment

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS; BODY SIZE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SIZE;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS ROQUET; IGUANIDAE; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034143930     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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