The role of adaptive plasticity in a major evolutionary transition: Early aquatic experience affects locomotor performance of terrestrial snakes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1154-1161

  Aubret, F ^a   Bonnet, X ^b   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Elapid; Locomotion; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; HABITAT TYPE; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHIIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 36248974225     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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