Effect of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance in a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus metallicus

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 817-825

  Chapple, David G ^a,b   Swain, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Scincidae; Tail loss; Tail regeneration

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

AMPHIBIA; NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036940058     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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