Ecological modelling of convergence patterns between European and African 'whip' snakes

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-68

  Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a Centre of Environmental Studies 'Demetra'srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

'Whip snake' morphology; Coluber; Convergent ecology; Ecological modelling; Logistic regression; Psammophis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NIGERIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

COLUBER; COLUBER VIRIDIFLAVUS; COLUBRIDAE; LAMPROPHIS FULIGINOSUS; NATRIX NATRIX; PSAMMOPHIS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745744048     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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