Avoiding injury and surviving injury: Two coexisting evolutionary strategies in lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-324

  Seligmann, Hervé ^a,c   Beiles, Avigdor ^b   Werner, Yehudah L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterochrony; Leave one out method; Multivariate analysis; Pholidosis; Tail autotomy; Unsuccessful predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; INJURY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; TAIL FEATHER;

ACANTHODACTYLUS OPHEODURUS; LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0242584392     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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