Skull size and shape variation versus molecular phylogeny: A case study of alpine newts (Mesotriton alpestris, Salamandridae) from the Balkan Peninsula

Zoomorphology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-167

  Ivanović, Ana ^a   Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos ^b   Džukić, Georg ^c   Kalezić, Miloš L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Institute for Biological Research   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dorsal cranium; Geometric morphometrics; Phylogenetic signal; Skull morphology; Ventral cranium

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 64249115323     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-009-0085-9     Document Type: Article

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