Locomotor compensation creates a mismatch between laboratory and field estimates of escape speed in lizards: A cautionary tale for performance-to- fitness studies

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1579-1587

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b   Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^b   Huyghe, Katleen ^b   Van Damme, Raoul ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fitness; Lizards; Performance; Sprint speed

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 23244435794     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01807.x     Document Type: Article

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