An analysis of the relative roles of plasticity and natural selection in the morphology and performance of a lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 489-499

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a   Meyers, Jerry Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Lizards; Performance; Selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ECOMORPHOLOGY; LIZARD; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SEASON; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BITE FORCE; FEMALE; HEAD; LIZARDS; MALE; RUNNING; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TERRITORIALITY;

SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 34547818637     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0726-y     Document Type: Article

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