Eye size in geckos: Asymmetry, allometry, sexual dimorphism, and behavioral correlates

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1486-1500

  Werner, Yehudah L ^a   Seifan, Tal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cursorial habits; Diel cycle; Diurnality; Ecology, nocturnality; Scansorial habits

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EYE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; ORBIT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EYE; LIZARDS; ORBIT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DIPLODACTYLINAE; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKONINAE; SPHAERODACTYLINAE; SQUAMATA; STENODACTYLUS STHENODACTYLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845608459     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10499     Document Type: Article

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