A comparative analysis of the ecological significance of maximal locomotor performance in caribbean Anolis lizards

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 219-226

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a,b   Losos, Jonathan B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Comparative; Lizards; Locomotion; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE PERFORMANCE; JUMPING; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; SPRINTING;

WEST INDIES;

ANOLIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031902574     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb05155.x     Document Type: Review

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