Are ontogenetic shifts in diet linked to shifts in feeding mechanics? Scaling of the feeding apparatus in the banded watersnake Nerodia fasciata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2057-2069

  Vincent, Shawn E ^a,b   Moon, Brad R ^c   Herrel, Anthony ^d   Kley, Nathan J ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Functional morphology; Jaws; Morphology; Muscle; Ontogeny; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; SNAKE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SKULL; SNAKES;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; NERODIA FASCIATA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347391526     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02779     Document Type: Article

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