Morphological integration of cranium and postcranial skeleton during ontogeny of facultative paedomorphic European newts (Triturus vulgaris and T. alpestris)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-495

  Ivanović, Ana ^a   Kalezić, Miloš L ^a,b   Aleksić, Ivan ^b  

^a Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY;

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33745968029     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774806223     Document Type: Article

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