Losing stability: Tail loss and jumping in the arboreal lizard Anolis carolinensis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 604-609

  Gillis, Gary B ^a   Bonvini, Lauren A ^a,c   Irschick, Duncan J ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Autotomy; Jumping; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ARTHROPODA; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 62849099046     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024349     Document Type: Article

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