Phylogeny and size and shape changes in the skull of the south American rodent Proechimys

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 139-150

  Corti, M ^b   Aguilera, M ^a   Capanna, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Phylogeny; Proechimys; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032325029     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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