The evolution of body size under environmental gradients in ectotherms: Why should Bergmann's rule apply to lizards?

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Pincheira Donoso, Daniel ^a   Hodgson, David J ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECTOTHERM; ENDOTHERM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HEAT LOSS; LATITUDE; LIOLAEMUS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALIA; LIOLAEMUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 40949120653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-68     Document Type: Article

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