Intergrating function and ecology in studies of adaptation: Investigations of locomotor capacity as a model system

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2001, Pages 367-396

  Irschick, D J ^a   Garland T , Jr ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Field; Lizards; Marine mammals; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035679474     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.32.081501.114048     Document Type: Review

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