Correlations between lizard cranial shape and diet: A quantitative, phylogenetically informed analysis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-466

  Metzger, Keith A ^a,c   Herrel, Anthony ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Feeding system; Herbivory; Lepidosaur; Omnivory; Skull

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRANIUM; DIET; HERBIVORE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY;

SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 28944440991     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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