Adaptation in the African egg-eating snake: A comparative approach to a classic study in evolutionary functional morphology

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-374

  Gartner, G E A ^a,b   Greene, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Dasypeltis; Egg eating; Lampropeltis; Selective regime; Snake feeding

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG PREDATION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SNAKE;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUBRIDAE; DASYPELTIS; LAMPROPELTIS; LAMPROPELTIS GETULA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 48249118388     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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