Geographic variation of body size and reproductive patterns in Continental versus Mediterranean asp vipers, Vipera aspis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-391

  Zuffi, Marco A L ^a   Gentilli, Augusto ^b   Cecchinelli, Elena ^a   Pupin, Fabio ^b   Bonnet, Xavier ^c   Filippi, Ernesto ^d   Luiselli, Luca M ^d   Barbanera, Filippo ^a   Dini, Fernando ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d FIZV   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climatic effects; Life history traits viperid snake

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

VIPERA ASPIS; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 58549094503     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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