Ecological constraints on the evolutionary association between field and preferred temperatures in Tropidurinae lizards

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 549-564

  Kohlsdorf, Tiana ^a,b   Navas, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecology; Habitat selection; Lizards; Temperature; Tropidurinae

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; COLONIZATION; FITNESS; LIZARD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750701457     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9116-x     Document Type: Article

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