Evolution of body size in the map turtles and sawbacks (Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Graptemys)

Herpetologica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-46

  Lindeman, Peter V ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Character displacement; Comparative methods; Deirochelyinae; Emydidae; Evolution; Graptemys; Map turtles; Rensch's rule; Sawbacks; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TURTLE;

EMYDIDAE; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS BARBOURI; GRAPTEMYS ERNSTI; GRAPTEMYS GIBBONSI; GRAPTEMYS PULCHRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 41849128474     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/07-025.1     Document Type: Article

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