Effects of environmental disturbance on phenotypic variation: An integrated assessment of canalization, developmental stability, modularity, and allometry in lizard head shape

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-58

  Lazić, Marko M ^a   Carretero, Miguel A ^b   Crnobrnja Isailović, Jelka ^a,c   Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Geometric morphometrics; Podarcis; Temperature; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; URBANIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; LIZARD; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SERBIA; URBANIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; LIZARDS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SERBIA; URBANIZATION;

PODARCIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84920474358     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9jq7j     Document Type: Article

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