Kinematics and functional morphology of aquatic feeding in Australian snake-necked turtles (Pleurodira; Chelodina)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-125

  Van Damme, Johan ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CHELODINA; PISCES; PLEURODIRA; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0031213691     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199708)233:2<113::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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