Patterns of head shape variation in lizards: Morphological correlates of foraging mode

Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 271-301

  McBrayer, Lance D ^a   Corbin, Clay E ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511752438.011     Document Type: Chapter

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