Morphological divergence among populations of Testudo graeca from west-central Morocco

Animal Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-279

  Carretero, Miguel A ^a   Znari, Mohammed ^b   Harris, D James ^a   Macé, Jean C ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c Reptilarium du Mont Saint Michel   (France)

Author keywords

Body shape; Body size; Geographic variation; Morocco; Sexual dimorphism; Testudo graeca; Tortoises

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA;

EID: 25844494328     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570756054472854     Document Type: Article

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