Why colour in subterranean vertebrates? Exploring the evolution of colour patterns in caecilian amphibians

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1046-1056

  Wollenberg, K C ^a   John Measey, G ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Caecilians; Colour; Crypsis; Evolution; Gymnophiona; Independent contrasts; Pattern; Selection

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; APOSEMATISM; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LEAF LITTER; SEXUAL SELECTION; SKIN;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65249152504     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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