The roles of pre- and post-hatching growth rates in generating a latitudinal cline of body size in the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-209

  Du, Wei Guo ^a,b   Warner, Daniel A ^c   Langkilde, Tracy ^d   Robbins, Travis R ^d,e   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Geographical variation; Growth; Local adaptation; Offspring size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIZARD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIANA; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84859355202     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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