The relationship between morphology, escape behaviour and microhabitat occupation in the lizard clade Liolaemus (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae*: Liolaemini)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 408-420

  Schulte II, J A ^a,d   Losos, J B ^a   Cruz, F B ^b   Nunez H ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Chile)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Behaviour; Chile; Ecomorphology; Iguanidae; Independent contrasts; Liolaemus; Lizard; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILE; ENVIRONMENT; ESCAPE REACTION; EXTREMITIES; LIZARDS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; IGUANIDAE; LIOLAEMUS; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE;

EID: 1542319026     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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