Functional correlates of differences in bone density among terrestrial and aquatic genera in the family Mustelidae (Mammalia)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 339-345

  Fish, F E ^a   Stein, B R ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0006385445     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: 1432234X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01668024     Document Type: Article

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