Snake and Bird Predation Drive the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Correlated Life History Traits and Phenotype in the Izu Island Scincid Lizard (Plestiodon latiscutatus)

Predation may create strong natural selection pressure on the phenotype and life history characteristics of prey species. The Izu scincid lizards (Plestiodon latiscutatus) that inhabit the four Japanese Izu Islands with only bird predators are drab brown, mature later, lay small clutches of large eg...

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Autores principales: Brandley, Matthew C., Kuriyama, Takeo, Hasegawa, Masami
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3965430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24667496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092233

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3965430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24667496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092233

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