Life-history evolution on tropidurinae lizards: Influence of lineage, body size and climate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Brandt, Renata ^a   Navas, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPIDURINAE; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE;

RAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; RAIN;

EID: 79955932789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020040     Document Type: Article

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