Lizard locomotion: How morphology meets ecology

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-277

  Aerts, P ^a   Van Damme, R ^a   Vanhooydonck, B ^a   Zaaf, A ^a   Herrel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Lizards; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

AMPHIBIA; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033912396     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854200505865     Document Type: Article

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