Relationships between head morphology, bite performance and ecology in two species of Podarcis wall lizards

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 825-845

  Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni ^a,b   Adams, Dean C ^b,c   van der Meijden, Arie ^a   Perera, Ana ^a   Carretero, Miguel A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Geometric morphometrics; Head shape; Performance; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; DIET; DIVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOMETRY; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE USE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PODARCIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84862007087     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9538-y     Document Type: Article

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