Size Patterns in West Indian Anolis Lizards: I. Size and Species Diversity
Systematic ZoologyPublished 1 December 1969
Thomas W. Schoener
Citations146
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This paper considers the possible effects of three major environmental factors-number of sympatric congeners, latitude, and island size-and several minor ones on the absolute and relative body sizes of males and females and proposes a set of patterns describing size differences that should extend or delimit the domain of tendencies noted for birds.
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Journal Article Size Patterns in West Indian Anolis Lizards: I. Size and Species Diversity Get access Thomas W. Schoener Thomas W. Schoener Biological Laboratories, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Systematic Biology, Volume 18, Issue 4, December 1969, Pages 386–401, https://doi.org/10.2307/2412183 Published: 01 December 1969
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