The island syndrome in lizards

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-191

  Novosolov, Maria ^a   Raia, Pasquale ^b   Meiri, Shai ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Island biogeography; Island syndrome; Life history; Lizards; Population density; Reproduction; Reversed island syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORRELATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 84872142385     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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