Morphology of the feeding system in agamid lizards: Ecological correlates

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 496-507

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   Fret, Jeannine ^a   De Vree, Frits ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Histochemical characteristics; Jaw apparatus; Lizards; Morphology; Stimulations; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECOLOGY; FEEDING APPARATUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; JAW MOVEMENT; LIZARD; MASTICATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DIET; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTIVORA; JAW; LIZARDS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PLOCEDERMA; PLOCEDERMA STELLIO; SQUAMATA; UROMASTIX; UROMASTIX AEGYPTIUS;

EID: 0033120117     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990401)254:4<496::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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