Broad-scale patterns of body size in squamate reptiles of Europe and North America

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 781-793

  Olalla Tárraga, Miguel Á ^a,b   Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size gradients; Europe; Macroecology; North America; Squamate reptiles; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; REPTILE; THERMOREGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33646051269     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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