Low cost of locomotion in the banded gecko: A test of the nocturnality hypothesis

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 660-669

  Autumn, Kellar ^a   Farley, Claire T ^a   Emshwiller, Maya ^a   Full, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031282496     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515880     Document Type: Article

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