Braincase-body size relations in European newts (Triturus spp., Salamandridae, Caudata): Does size matter?

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-239

  Vukov, Tanja D ^a   Ivanović, Ana ^b   Tomašević, Nataša ^a   Džukić, Georg ^a   Kalezić, Miloš L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS; TRITURUS DOBROGICUS;

EID: 34447570791     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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