Variable coloration is associated with more northerly geographic range limits and larger range sizes in North American lizards and snakes

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1025-1036

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Åberg, Viktor ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Colour polymorphism; Environmental variability; Macro ecology; Population variability; Range boundaries; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 57849108208     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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