The origin of evolutionary innovations: Locomotor consequences of tail shape in aquatic snakes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Aubret, F ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic locomotion; Evolutionary transition; Notechis; Paddle; Snake

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SHAPE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRADUALISM; HABITAT USE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; PHYLOGENETICS; SNAKE;

NOTECHIS; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40949125748     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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