Anatomical and physiological changes associated with a recent dietary shift in the lizard podarcis sicula

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 632-642

  Vervust, Bart ^a   Pafilis, Panayiotis ^b   Valakos, Efstratios D ^c   Van Damme, Raoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTITION; DIETARY SHIFT; DIGESTION; DIVERGENCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HERBIVORY; ISLAND; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT; SKULL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOGRAPHY; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; FECES; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOGRAPHY; HEAD; LIZARDS; TOOTH;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS SICULA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955679675     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651704     Document Type: Article

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