Built to Bite: Feeding Kinematics, Bite Forces, and Head Shape of a Specialized Durophagous Lizard, Dracaena Guianensis (Teiidae)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.1730/full" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.1730/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.1730" target="_blank" >10.1002/jez.1730</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Built to Bite: Feeding Kinematics, Bite Forces, and Head Shape of a Specialized Durophagous Lizard, Dracaena Guianensis (Teiidae)
Original language description
Most lizards feed on a variety of food items that may differ dramatically in their physical and behavioral characteristics. Several lizard families are known to feed upon hard-shelled prey (durophagy). Yet, specializations toward true molluscivory have been documented for only a few species. As snails are hard and brittle food items, it has been suggested that a specialized cranial morphology, high bite forces, and an adapted feeding strategy are important for such lizards. Here we compare head and skull morphology, bite forces, and feeding kinematics of a snail-crushing teiid lizard (Dracaena guianensis) with those in a closely related omnivorous species (Tupinambis merianae). Our data show that juvenile D. guianensis differ from T. merianae in havingbigger heads and greater bite forces. Adults, however, do not differ in bite force. A comparison of feeding kinematics in adult Dracaena and Tupinambis revealed that Dracaena typically use more transport cycles, yet are more agile in man
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology
ISSN
1932-5223
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
317A
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
371-381
UT code for WoS article
000306187500003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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