Push and bite: trade-offs between burrowing and biting in a burrowing skink (Acontias percivali)

Bieke Vanhooydonck (1) , Renaud Boistel (2, 3) , Vincent Fernandez (4) , Anthony Herrel (1, 3)

1 Universiteit Antwerpen = University of Antwerpen [Antwerpen]
2 IPHEP - Institut International de Paléoprimatologie, Paléontologie Humaine : Évolution et Paléoenvironnement
3 Mécanismes adaptatifs : des organismes aux communautés
4 ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Keywords: head shape; lizard; locomotion; performance

Domains: Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]

Bieke Vanhooydonck, Renaud Boistel, Vincent Fernandez, Anthony Herrel. Push and bite: trade-offs between burrowing and biting in a burrowing skink (Acontias percivali). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011, 102 (1), pp.91-99. ⟨10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01563.x⟩. ⟨hal-00594645⟩