Variation in scale numbers is consistent with ecologically based natural selection acting within and between lizard species

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-394

  Calsbeek, Ryan ^a,d   Knouft, Jason H ^b,c   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Independent contrasts; Lizard; Micro climate; Natural selection; Scalation; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING; HABITAT TYPE; LIZARD; NATURAL SELECTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS SAGREI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33746814421     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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