Assisted walking in Malagasy dwarf chamaeleons

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 740-743

  Boistel, Renaud ^a,b,c   Herrel, Anthony ^a   Daghfous, Gheylen ^a   Libourel, Paul Antoine ^a   Boller, Elodie ^b   Tafforeau, Paul ^b   Bels, Vincent ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Chamaeleon; Kinematics; Locomotion; Stability; Synchrotron X ray phase contrast imaging; Tail

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARBOREAL SPECIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; SUBSTRATE; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; BROOKESIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78649804631     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0322     Document Type: Article

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