Stick or grip? Co-evolution of adhesive toepads and claws in Anolis lizards

Zoology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 363-369

  Crandell, Kristen E ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b,c   Sasa, Mahmood ^d,e   Losos, Jonathan B ^f   Autumn, Kellar ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Anolis; Claw morphology; Clinging; Toepad

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HOOF AND CLAW; LIZARD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; HOOF AND CLAW; LIZARDS;

EID: 84910117810     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: 18732720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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