Sexual dimorphism of skull shape in a lacertid lizard species (Podarcis spp., Dalmatolacerta sp., Dinarolacerta sp.) revealed by geometric morphometrics

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Ljubisavljević, Katarina ^a   Urošević, Aleksandar ^a   Aleksić, Ivan ^a   Ivanović, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Sexual shape dimorphism; Sexual size dimorphism; Ventral cranium

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); MORPHOMETRICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MONTENEGRO; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS; PODARCIS MELISELLENSIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77956878944     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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