Research Article

Climate-Related Variation in Body Dimensions within Four Lacertid Species

Table 2

Climate-morphology relationship between average annual temperature (AAT)/average annual precipitation (AAP) and body measurements/ratios (regression analysis with temperature and precipitation as the predictors and features as the responses). Positive correlation (+) and negative correlation (−); single sign: significant difference ( < 0.05) and double sign: highly significant difference ( < 0.0001).

Features
Phoenicolacerta laevis Ophisops elegans Acanthodactylus boskianus Mesalina guttulata
AATAAPAATAAPAATAAPAATAAP

M +++++
SVL− −++++++
HmL+++
FaL+++
FeL+++
TbL++
HmL/SVL+++++
FaL/SVL++++− −+
FeL/SVL+++− −++++
TbL/SVL+++++