Preliminary results on tail energetics in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica

Acta Herpetologica

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-103

  Cencetti, Tommaso ^a,b   Poli, Piera ^a   Mele, Marcello ^a   Zuffi, Marco A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Via di Montesenario 1723/a ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Energetic components; Moorish gecko; Tail autotomy; Tarentola mauritanica

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; TARENTOLA MAURITANICA;

EID: 79959863597     PISSN: 18279635     EISSN: 18279643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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