Origins of interspecific variation in lizard sprint capacity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-202

  Van Damme, R ^a   Vanhooydonck, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Evolution; Locomotion; Sprint performance

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0035053693     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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