Triturus newts defy the running-swimming dilemma

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2110-2121

  Gvoždík, Lumír ^a   Van Damme, Raoul ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Body elongation; Comparative methods; Evolutionary trade off, locomotor performance; Semi aquatic lifestyle

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; NEW GENUS; SWIMMING; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SALAMANDER; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; PHYLOGENY; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TRITURUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS;

EID: 33751408019     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/06-070.1     Document Type: Article

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