Divergence in locomotor performance, ecology, and morphology between two sympatric sister species of desert-dwelling gecko

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 860-869

  Higham, Timothy E ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Lizard; Locomotion; Namibia; Speed; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DESERT; DIVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIMB; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

NAMIBIA;

ANOLIS; GEKKONIDAE; RHOPTROPUS; RHOPTROPUS AFER; RHOPTROPUS BRADFIELDI; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649441106     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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