Fluctuating asymmetry in Podarcis muralis populations from Southern Montenegro: Detection of environmental stress in insular populations

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Crnobrnja Isailovic, Jelka ^a   Aleksic, Ivan ^a   Bejakovic, Davor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIZARD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTENEGRO; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PODARCIS MURALIS;

EID: 23444462458     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538054253500     Document Type: Article

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