The evolution of locomotor morphology, performance, and anti-predator behaviour among populations of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-456

  Gifford, Matthew E ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b   Mahler, D Luke ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ecomorphology; Locomotion; Predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREDATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

LEIOCEPHALUS; LEIOCEPHALUS BARAHONENSIS; LEIOCEPHALUS PERSONATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 38849100361     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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