The blue lizard spandrel and the island syndrome

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Raia, Pasquale ^a   Guarino, Fabio M ^a   Turano, Mimmo ^a   Polese, Gianluca ^a   Rippa, Daniela ^a   Carotenuto, Francesco ^a   Monti, Daria M ^a   Cardi, Manuela ^a   Fulgione, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; NATURAL SELECTION; ONTOGENY; PIGMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ITALY;

PODARCIS SICULA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; EATING; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; EATING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77956632646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-289     Document Type: Article

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