Out on a limb: The differential effect of substrate diameter on acceleration capacity in Anolis lizards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 4515-4523

  Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a,b   Herrel, Anthony ^a,b   Irschick, Duncan J ^a,c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreal locomotion; Ecomorphology; Interspecific differences; Performance

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIMB; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EXTREMITIES; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ANOLIS SAGREI; ANOLIS VALENCIENNI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33845798450     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02511     Document Type: Article

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