The evolution of island gigantism and body size variation in tortoises and turtles

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 558-561

  Jaffe, Alexander L ^a,b   Slater, Graham J ^b   Alfaro, Michael E ^b  

^a Harvard Westlake School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Body size evolution; Chelonia comparative methods; Island gigantism; Ornstein Uhlenbeck; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCHASTICITY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; SEYCHELLES; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; SEYCHELLES; TURTLES;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

AMNIOTA; CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 80051677173     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1084     Document Type: Article

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