Do morphological condition indices predict locomotor performance in the lizard Podarcis sicula?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-251

  Vervust, Bart ^a   Lailvaux, Simon P ^a,b   Grbac, Irena ^c   Van Damme, Raoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Condition; Endurance; Performance; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPTILE;

PODARCIS SICULA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 51249103817     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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