Correlations between habitat use and body shape in a phrynosomatid lizard (Urosaurus ornatus): A population-level analysis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 305-314

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Meyers, Jay J ^b   Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Lizard; Locomotion; Morphometrics; Urosaurus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SHAPE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE; LIZARD;

ELAGATIS; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 0035677982     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0579     Document Type: Article

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