Sex-specific trade-offs and compensatory mechanisms: Bite force and sprint speed pose conflicting demands on the design of geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3781-3789

  Cameron, S F ^a   Wynn, M L ^a   Wilson, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bite force; Compensation; Hemidactylus frenatus; Performance; Sprint speed; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPENSATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MASTICATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORGAN SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRINT SPEED; TRADE-OFF;

BITE FORCE; COMPENSATION; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; PERFORMANCE; SPRINT SPEED; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEAD; LIZARDS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84884840747     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.083063     Document Type: Article

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