Publications
Crotaphytus Caudophagy
Erickson, G. M., A. K. Lappin, and K. A. Vliet. 2003. The ontogeny of bite-force performance in American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). J. Zool. (Lond.) 260: 317-327
Erickson, G. M., A. K. Lappin, T. Parker, and K. A. Vliet. 2004. Comparison of bite-force performance between long-term captive and wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). J. Zool. (Lond.) 262:21-28
Husak, Jerry. F., A. K. Lappin, S.F. Fox, and J.A. Lemos-Espinal. 2006. Bite-Force performance predicts dominance in male venerable collared lizards (Crotaphytus antiquus). Copeia 2:301-306
Lappin, A. K. and M. German. 2005. Feeding behavior modulation in the leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii): Effects of noxious versos innocuous prey. Zoology 108:287-295
Lappin, A. K. and J. Husak. 2005. Weapon performance, not size, determines mating success and potential reproductive output in the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). Am. Nat. 166(3):426-436
Lappin, A. K. and E. J. Swinney. 1999. Sexual dimorphism as it relates to natural history of leopard lizards (Crotaphytidae: Gamelia). Copeia. 3:649-660
Lappin, A. K., et. al. 2006. Storage and recovery of elastic potential energy powers ballistic prey capture in toads. J. Exp. Biol. 209:2535-2553
Lappin, A. K., et. al. 2006. Gaping displays reveal and amplify a mechanically based index of weapon performance. Am. Nat. 168(1)
Lappin, A. K., P. S. Hamilton, and B. K. Sullivan. 2006. Bite-force performance and head shape in a sexually dimorphic crevice-dwelling lizard, the common chuckwalla [Sauromalus ater (=obesus)]. Biol. J. Linnaean Society. 88:215-222
Macedonia, J. M., et. al. 2004. Sexual dichromatism and color conspicuousness in three populations of collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) from Oklahoma. J. Herp. 38(3):340-354
McGuire, J.A., et. al. 2007. Mitochondrial introgression and incomplete lineage sorting through space and time: phylogenetics of crotaphytid lizards. Evolution. 61(12):2879-2897
Monroy, J.A., A. K. Lappin and K. C. Nishikawa. 2007. Elastic properties of active muscle- On the rebound? Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev. 35(4):174-179
Nishikawa, K., et. al. 2006. Neuromechanics. Int and Comp Biol 47(1):16-54
Gambelia copei Range Extension
