Ecological consequences of ontogenetic changes in head shape and bite performance in the Jamaican lizard Anolis lineatopus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-454

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Joachim, Rebecca ^b   Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a   Irschick, Duncan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Ecomorphology; Feeding; Morphology; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS LINEATOPUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33750178247     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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