Associations of variable coloration with niche breadth and conservation status among Australian reptiles

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1201-1207

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Åberg, Viktor ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive polymorphism; Australia; Complex phenotypes; Conservation; Ecological diversity; Environmental variability; Evolution; Population persistence; Range expansion; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONIZATION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION STATUS; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; NICHE BREADTH; PERSISTENCE; POLYMORPHISM; RANGE EXPANSION; REPTILE; SNAKE;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46749087897     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1670.1     Document Type: Article

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