No trade-off between sprinting and climbing in two populations of the lizard Podarcis hispanica (Reptilia: Lacertidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-503

  Van Damme, Raoul ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

clinging; evolutionary trade off; intraspecific variation; locomotion performance

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS HISPANICA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030923763     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0115     Document Type: Article

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