Bias in interspecific allometry: Examples from morphological scaling in varanid lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 296-305

  Packard, Gary C ^a   Boardman, Thomas J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Logarithmic transformation; Morphology; Varanidae

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 58549118427     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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