Do lizards avoid habitats in which performance is submaximal? The relationship between sprinting capabilities and structural habitat use in Caribbean Anoles

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-305

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Habitat use; Performance; Phylogeny; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

ANOLIS;

EID: 0032758583     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303239     Document Type: Article

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