Lung morphology of cursorial and non-cursorial mammals: Lagomorphs as a case study for a pneumatic stabilization hypothesis

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-316

  Simons, Rachel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; ORYCTOLAGUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERISSODACTYLA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SYLVILAGUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; LAGOMORPH; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; THORAX;

ANIMALS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HEART; LAGOMORPHA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SCIURIDAE; THORAX;

EID: 0030463332     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199612)230:3<299::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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