Cranial allometry and geographic variation in slow lorises (Nycticebus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-243

  Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Berg mann's rule; Geographic variation; MANOVA; Relative growth; Skull; Slow lorises

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SKULL; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BODY CONSTITUTION; GEOGRAPHY; LORISIDAE; SKULL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031747995     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)45:3<225::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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