Bite force in vertebrates: Opportunities and caveats for use of a nonpareil whole-animal performance measure

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 709-720

  Anderson, Roger A ^a   Mcbrayer, Lance D ^b   Herrel, Anthony ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diet; Male male combat; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DIET; ECTOTHERMY; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LIZARD; MATE RECOGNITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40749154868     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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