The effects of substrate and vertebral number on locomotion in the garter snake Thamnophis elegans

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-198

  Kelley, K C ^a   Arnold, S J ^a,b   Gladstone, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crawling speed; ecomorphology; lateral bending; population variation

Indexed keywords

THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS;

GARTER SNAKE; LOCOMOTION; POPULATION VARIATION; SUBSTRATE; VERTEBRAL NUMBER;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030619861     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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