The evolution of cranial design and performance in squamates: Consequences of skull-bone reduction on feeding behavior

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-117

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Schaerlaeken, Vicky ^a   Meyers, Jay J ^b   Metzger, Keith A ^c   Ross, Callum F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; LEPIDOSAURIA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 38749154771     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm014     Document Type: Article

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