Scaling of mammalian long bones: Small and large mammals compared

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-348

  Christiansen, Per ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bone allometry; Differential scaling; Elastic similarity; Geometric similarity; Mammalia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032934493     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999003052     Document Type: Article

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