The cost of living large: Comparative gliding performance in flying lizards (Agamidae: Draco)

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-106

  McGuire, Jimmy A ^a   Dudley, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomechanics; Independent contrasts; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; GLIDING; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; FLYING; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGAMIDAE; DRACO; SQUAMATA;

EID: 21244441513     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430725     Document Type: Article

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