Morphology, performance, behavior and ecology of three color morphs in males of the lizard Podarcis melisellensis

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-220

  Huyghe, Katleen ^a   Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^a   Tadić, Zoran ^b   Van Damme, Raoul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS MELISELLENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547769267     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm043     Document Type: Article

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