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

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
Subjects:	Tropiduridae Microlophus atacamensis dimorfismo sexual termorregulación segregación espacial Chile sexual dimorphism thermoregulation spatial segregation
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2002000200002

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