Differences in morphology, performance and behaviour between recently diverged populations of Podarcis sicula mirror differences in predation pressure

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1343-1352

  Vervust, Bart ^a   Grbac, Irena ^b   Van Damme, Raoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; POD KOPISTE; POD MRCARU; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PODARCIS SICULA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34447640349     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15989.x     Document Type: Article

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