Life on the rocks: Habitat use drives morphological and performance evolution in lizards

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3462-3471

  Goodman, Brett A ^a   Miles, Donald B ^b   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Comparative method; Ecomorphology; Habitat use; Lizard; Locomotion; Performance; Physiological ecology; Rock use; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROCK;

ANOLIS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60249099509     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2093.1     Document Type: Article

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