Urbanization Effects on Common Wall Lizard Head Shape Morphometrics

Marko Lazić's 2019 Dryad dataset investigates phenotypic variation in Podarcis muralis lizards under urban environmental disturbance. It uses geometric morphometrics to assess head shape variation, symmetry, size, and allometry. The dataset supports an integrated evaluation of canalization, developmental stability, modularity, and allometry.

Use Cases

• Analyze head shape variation and symmetry to quantify developmental stability differences between urban and non-urban lizard populations.
• Model size-shape allometry relationships to detect environmental disturbance effects on morphological regulation mechanisms.
• Assess congruence between within-individual and across-individual head shape variation patterns to study canalization.

Strengths

• Dataset is derived from a peer-reviewed study published in 2019, providing scientific validity.
• Focuses on an integrated assessment of multiple morphological phenomena: canalization, developmental stability, modularity, and allometry.
• Explicitly compares urban and non-urban lizard populations, enabling controlled environmental analysis.

Limitations

• Sample size and number of measured specimens are not specified in the provided metadata.
• Geographic scope and specific urban locations of the study are not detailed.
• Data structure, file formats, and column definitions are unknown, requiring user investigation.

Provenance

Source

Dryad digital repository.

Collection Method

Geometric morphometric analysis of lizard head shape from collected specimens.

Freshness

Last updated in 2019.