Functional divergence between morphs of a dwarf chameleon: differential locomotor kinematics in relation to habitat structure
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TIMOTHY E. HIGHAM*, G. JOHN MEASEY, ALEKSANDRA V. BIRN-JEFFERY, ANTHONY HERREL and KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY Department of Biology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Merriman Avenue, Stellenbosch, South Africa D epartement d’Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversit e, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Mus eum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France Ghent University, Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Gent, Belgium Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Merriman Avenue, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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