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Decline in body size and female fraction in the grass snake (Natrix natrix, Linnaeus 1758) population after 40 years (Southern Poland)

Depletion of free-living populations is often associated with changes in fitness-related traits, e.g., body size. Ongoing decrease in body size has been reported in most vertebrates, but reptiles remain understudied. Moreover, sexual size dimorphism, commonly observed in reptiles, indicates that env...

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Autores principales: Bury, Stanisław, Zając, Bartłomiej, Okarma, Henryk, Kolanek, Aleksandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34490556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16128-y