Cranial kinesis in geckoes: Functional implications

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1415-1423

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constructional morphology; Cranial kinesis; Feeding; Gekko gecko; Gekkonidae; Modelling; Phelsuma madagascariensis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EATING; HISTOLOGY; JAW; LIZARD; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKULL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EATING; JAW; KINESIS; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKULL;

EID: 0034074840     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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