Mechanical properties of the rostrum of the whale Mesoplodon densirostris, a remarkably dense bony tissue

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 725-737

  Zioupos, P ^a   Currey, J D ^a   Casinos, A ^b   De Buffrenil V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 0030908972     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05744.x     Document Type: Article

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