Effects of substrate structure on speed and acceleration capacity in climbing geckos

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-393

  Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a,b   Andronescu, Anemone ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^a   Irschick, Duncan J ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinging surfaces; Habitat use; Hemidactylus; Locomotion; Performance; Toepads

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; SUBSTRATE;

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 22044456841     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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