Colour variation in female common lizards: Why we should speak of morphs, a reply to Cote et al.

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1160-1164

  Vercken, E ^a,b   Sinervo, B ^c   Clobert, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative strategies; Colour variation; Common lizard; Genotype environment interactions; Plasticity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 45149104002     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01535.x     Document Type: Note

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