The evolution of foraging behavior in the Galápagos marine iguana: Natural and sexual selection on body size drives ecological, morphological, and behavioral specialization

Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 491-507

  Vitousek, Maren N ^a   Rubenstein, Dustin R ^b   Wikelski, Martin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Neurobiology and Behavior Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 58349110868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511752438.018     Document Type: Chapter

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