@article{be3b28d000e242869a73fe1425d42fb9,
title = "A comparative analysis of clinging ability among pad-bearing lizards",
abstract = "We examined clinging ability, subdigital pad area and body mass in 14 pad-bearing lizard species from three families to test three predictions: (1) clinging ability and pad area should be tightly correlated among species; (2) pad area and clinging ability should scale similarly to body mass among 14 species; and (3) functional similarity in clinging capabilities should exist among species despite differences in body mass. One results confirm two predictions; clinging ability is tightly correlated with pad area, even when the effects of body size are removed, and the lizards examined are approximately functionally similar in their clinging capabilities. Nevertheless, despite the tight correlation between pad area and clinging ability, pad area scales with body mass by a lower slope than clinging ability. Overall, these results indicated that although pad area is a strong determinant of clinging ability, other factors enable these lizards to maintain functional similarity.",
keywords = "Anolis, body mass, clinging ability, Gekkonidae, pad area, phylogenetic analyses, Scincidae",
author = "Irschick, {Duncan J.} and Austin, {Christopher C.} and Ken Petren and Fisher, {Robert N.} and Losos, {Jonathan B.} and Olaf Ellers",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the University of California at Davis for the use of animal care facilities, B. Shaffer for use of equipment and laboratory space and the Jack-in-the-Box corporation for kindly providing cups. Joe Macedonia generously provided several lizard species. Aaron Bauer, R. Full, M. Hedin, E. Martins, D. Pepin, T. Jackman, T. Hrbek, M. Butler and T. Weisstein provided valuable advice on previous versions of this manuscript. Christopher C. Austin thanks the government and people of Papua New Guinea (PNG export permits 900201, 910230, and 910275 to CCA). Support for this work was provided by NSF grants IBN-9311139 and BSR-9107140 to Mark Kirkpatrick, and DEB-9318642 to JBL. Fellowships from the University of Texas and Christensen Research Institute, and grants from the Australia and Pacific Funding Information: Science Foundation, The Explorer{\textquoteright}s club, Sigma Xi, The Texas Memorial Museum, and the University of Texas at Austin Zoology Department to C. Austin also supported this research. This is a CRI contribution publication (CRI Contribution Number 113).",
year = "1996",
doi = "10.1006/bijl.1996.0052",
language = "English",
volume = "59",
pages = "21--35",
journal = "Biological Journal of the Linnean Society",
issn = "0024-4066",
number = "1",
}