Assessing concurrent patterns of environmental niche and morphological evolution among species of horned lizards (Phrynosoma)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1669-1678

  Luxbacher, A M ^a,b   Knouft, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental niche; GIS; Morphology; Niche conservatism; Phrynosoma lizards; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; LIZARD; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY;

PHRYNOSOMA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67650383737     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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