Contrasting global-scale evolutionary radiations: Phylogeny, diversification, and morphological evolution in the major clades of iguanian lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-143

  Blankers, Thomas ^a,b   Townsend, Ted M ^c   Pepe, Kristen ^b   Reeder, Tod W ^c   Wiens, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ecomorphology; Evolution; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ACRODONTA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84871260462     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01988.x     Document Type: Article

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