Microgeographic body size variation in a high elevation Andean anole (Anolis mariarum; Squamata, Polychrotidae)

Microgeographic body size variation in a high elevation Andean anole (Anolis mariarum; Squamata, Polychrotidae)

Intra-specific body size variation is common and often is assumed to be adaptive. Studies of body size variation among sites should include or consider environmental and ecological variables in their designs. Additionally, reciprocal transplant or common garden studies will support which variables a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brian C Bock, Angela M Ortega, Ana María Zapata, Vivian P Páez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2009-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
tamaño corporal
tasas de crecimiento
regla de Bergmann
morfometría
variación geográfica
estudio de jardín común
precipitación
temperatura
body size
growth rates
Bergmann’s rule
morphometrics
lepidosis
geographic variation
common garden study
precipitation
temperature
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