Salinity influences the distribution of marine snakes: Implications for evolutionary transitions to marine life

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 994-1003

  Brischoux, François ^a   Tingley, Reid ^c   Shine, Richard ^a   Lillywhite, Harvey B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; HYDROPHIIDAE; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868304304     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07717.x     Document Type: Article

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