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The blue lizard spandrel and the island syndrome

BACKGROUND: Many small vertebrates on islands grow larger, mature later, lay smaller clutches/litters, and are less sexually dimorphic and aggressive than their mainland relatives. This set of observations is referred to as the 'Island Syndrome'. The syndrome is linked to high population d...

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Autores principales: Raia, Pasquale, Guarino, Fabio M, Turano, Mimmo, Polese, Gianluca, Rippa, Daniela, Carotenuto, Francesco, Monti, Daria M, Cardi, Manuela, Fulgione, Domenico
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20854657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-289