Patterns of cranial ontogeny in lacertid lizards: Morphological and allometric disparity

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-415

  Urosevic A ^a   Ljubisavljevic K ^a   Ivanovic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cranium; Morphological disparity; Ontogenetic trajectories

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CRANIUM; ECOMORPHOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRANIA; DAREVSKIA PRATICOLA; IBEROLACERTA HORVATHI; LACERTA AGILIS; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS ERHARDII; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 84872610779     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12059     Document Type: Article

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