Lizards from urban areas are more asymmetric: using fluctuating asymmetry to evaluate environmental...
Lizards from urban areas are more asymmetric: using fluctuating asymmetry to evaluate environmental disturbance
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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The increase in human activities that leads to wildlife decline and species extinction poses an urgent need for simple indicators of environmental stress in animal populations. Several studies have suggested that fluctuating asymmetry (FA) can be an easy, direct measure of developmental instability because it is associated to environmental stress a...
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Lizards from urban areas are more asymmetric: using fluctuating asymmetry to evaluate environmental disturbance
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1471045949
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1471045949
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0084190
