Push and bite: Trade-Offs between burrowing and biting in a burrowing skink (Acontias percivali)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-99

  Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a   Boistel, Renaud ^b,c   Fernandez, Vincent ^d   Herrel, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Head shape; Lizard; Locomotion; Performance

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BURROWING; DIMORPHISM; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIZARD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ACONTIAS PERCIVALI; ANIMALIA; GYMNOPHIONA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650056406     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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