Phenotypic plasticity of body size in an insular population of a snake

Herpetologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-57

  Tanaka, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common garden experiment; Dwarfism; Elaphe quadrivirgata; Food limitation; Geographic variation; Growth

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIELD SURVEY; FOOD LIMITATION; FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; HATCHING; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SNAKE; WILD POPULATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; YAKUSHIMA;

ANURA; ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TROPIDOCLONION;

EID: 79951642813     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGIDA-D-10-00022.1     Document Type: Article

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