Phylogeny and ecology determine morphological structure in a snake assemblage in the central Brazilian Cerrado

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-38

  França, Frederico G R ^a   Mesquita, Daniel O ^b,c   Nogueira, Cristiano C ^d   Araújo, Alexandre F B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENY; RESOURCE USE; SNAKE;

BRAZIL; FEDERAL DISTRICT [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; COLUBRINAE; ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 41549150432     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-05-034     Document Type: Article

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