Body size variation among mainland populations of the western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2523-2533

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Crotalus viridis; Geographic variation; Life history

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENETICS; SNAKE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS OREGANUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS OREGANUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; CROTALUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035544551     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00766.x     Document Type: Article

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