Survival of the fattest? Indices of body condition do not predict viability in the brown anole (Anolis sagrei)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 404-413

  Cox, Robert M ^a   Calsbeek, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlational selection; Directional selection; Quadratic selection; Residual index; Scaled mass index; Selection gradient; Viability selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; FITNESS; INDEX METHOD; LIZARD; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDICTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS SAGREI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84924961732     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12346     Document Type: Article

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