Head shape and bite performance in xenosaurid lizards

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-107

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   De Grauw, Ed ^b   Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HEAD; LIZARDS; MASTICATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035397897     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1039     Document Type: Article

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