Sexual and age differences in ecological variables of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) from northern Chile Diferencias sexuales y etárias en variables ecológicas del lagarto Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) del norte de Chile

Microlophus is a lizard genus of South-America which has many species with sexual size dimorphism. An ecological study was performed on M. atacamensis, a species inhabiting the intertidal zone of the coast of northern Chile. The following questions were addressed: (1) does M. atacamensis exhibit sex...

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Main Authors: MARCELA VIDAL, JUAN CARLOS ORTIZ, ANTONIETA LABRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2002-06-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2002000200002