Microgeographic body size variation in a high elevation andean anole (Anolis mariarum; Squamata, Polychrotidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1253-1262

  Bock, Brian C ^a   Ortega, Angela M ^a,b   Zapata, Ana María ^c   Páez, Vivian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Subdirección de Control y Segimiento Ambiental   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Common garden study; Geographic variation; Growth rates; Lepidosis; Morphometrics; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS; POLYCHROTINAE; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MALE;

EID: 77949876505     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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