Evolutionary approaches for studying functional morphology: Examples from studies of performance capacity

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 278-290

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS; PERCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036545104     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.2.278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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