A comparative analysis of clinging ability among pad-bearing lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-35

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a   Austin, Christopher C ^b   Petren, Ken ^c   Fisher, Robert N ^c,d   Losos, Jonathan B ^a   Ellers, Olaf ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; body mass; clinging ability; Gekkonidae; pad area; phylogenetic analyses; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS; GEKKONIDAE; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030477443     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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