Hindlimb asymmetry reduces escape performance in the lizard Psammodromus algirus

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 619-624

  Martin J ^a   Lopez P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIMB; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034852248     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322925     Document Type: Article

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