Variation in the cranium shape of wall lizards (Podarcis spp.): Effects of phylogenetic constraints, allometric constraints and ecology

Zoology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-216

  Urošević, Aleksandar ^a   Ljubisavljević, Katarina ^a   Jelić, Dušan ^b   Ivanović, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b State Institute for Nature Protection   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cranium shape; Geometric morphometrics; Lacertid lizards; Morphological variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

CRANIA; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS; PODARCIS ERHARDII; PODARCIS MELISELLENSIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; PODARCIS SICULA; PODARCIS TAURICA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84864065432     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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