Intraspecific variation in segment number in Pachymerium ferrugineum (C. L. Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in the south Aegean Archipelago (north-east Mediterranean, Greece)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-539

  Simaiakis, Stylianos ^a   Mylonas, Moysis ^a,b  

^a Natural History Museum of Crete   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crete; Cyclades; Dodecanese; Insularity; Latitudinal; Longitudinal; Trend

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; ARTHROPOD; CLINE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHEAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHILOPODA; GEOPHILOMORPHA; PACHYMERIUM FERRUGINEUM;

EID: 33746217946     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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