Craniometric variation in a population of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata): Evidence of size selection in females and growth in dentally mature males

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-434

  Jones, Andrea L ^a   Degusta, David ^b   Turner, Scott P ^b   Campbell, Christina J ^b   Milton, Katharine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Natural selection; Sexual dimorphism; Skull morphology

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ALOUATTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PANAMA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH ABRASION;

EID: 0033759325     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200011)113:3<411::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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