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. 2020 May 26;117(21):11194-11196.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006297117. Epub 2020 May 8.

Lizards, toepads, and the ghost of hurricanes past

Raymond B Huey  1 , Peter R Grant  2
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Lizards, toepads, and the ghost of hurricanes past

Raymond B Huey et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The authors declare no competing interest.

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
A composite photograph showing Anolis carolinensis clinging to a perch while blasted from hurricane-force winds from a leaf blower (1). When the blower was turned on, lizards did not flee but rather moved to the lee side of the perch before progressively losing their grip (usually, hind feet first). Image credit: Colin Donihue (photographer).
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  • Hurricane effects on Neotropical lizards span geographic and phylogenetic scales.
    Donihue CM, Kowaleski AM, Losos JB, Algar AC, Baeckens S, Buchkowski RW, Fabre AC, Frank HK, Geneva AJ, Reynolds RG, Stroud JT, Velasco JA, Kolbe JJ, Mahler DL, Herrel A. Donihue CM, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 May 12;117(19):10429-10434. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2000801117. Epub 2020 Apr 27. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 32341144 Free PMC article.

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