Study of the carapace shape and growth in two Galápagos tortoise lineages

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-386

  Chiari, Ylenia ^a,b   Claude, Julien ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Chelonoidis; Giant tortoises; Photogrammetry; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURTLES;

CREADION CARUNCULATUS; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 79751531495     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10923     Document Type: Article

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