Sexual body size and body shape dimorphism of Testudo hermanni in central and eastern Serbia

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-458

  Djordjevíc, Sonja ^a   Djurakíc, Marko ^b   Golubovíc, Ana ^a   Ajtíc, Rastko ^a   Tomovíc, Ljiljana ^a   Bonnet, Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

morphology; sexual dimorphism; Testudo hermanni boettgeri

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TURTLE;

FRANCE; SERBIA; SPAIN;

REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDO HERMANNI; TESTUDO HERMANNI BOETTGERI;

EID: 84855591488     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853811X598479     Document Type: Article

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