Body-size evolution on islands: Are adult size variations in tiger snakes a nonadaptive consequence of selection on birth size?

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 756-767

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b  

^a Moulis   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth size; Body size; Growth; Island; Prey size; Snake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; DATA ACQUISITION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; NEONATE; ONTOGENY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; DIET; ELAPIDAE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NEWBORN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; DIET; ELAPIDAE; GEOGRAPHY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

AUSTRALIA;

SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 84861395899     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665653     Document Type: Article

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