Variability in mammalian dentitions: Size-related bias in the coefficient of variation

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-99

  Polly, Paul David ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carnivore dentitions; Dental fields; Dental variation; Martes; Primate dentitions; Urocyon; Variability profiles

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MARTES; PRIMATES; UROCYON;

EID: 0031865882     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0218     Document Type: Article

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