An intraspecific analysis of trade-offs in sprinting performance in a west indian lizard species (Anolis lineatopus)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-591

  Macrini, Thomas E ^a,c   Irschick, Duncan J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anoles; Juveniles; Maximal; Perch diameter

Indexed keywords

LEG LEGNTH; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; SPRINTING; TRADE-OFF;

WEST INDIES;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS LINEATOPUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031860694     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0203     Document Type: Article

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