Are pinnipeds functionally different from fissiped carnivores? The importance of phylogenetic comparative analyses

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1011-1023

  Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^a,c   Gittleman, John L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptations; Carnivora; Comparative biology; Independent comparisons; Life histories; Monophyly; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; PINNIPED;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0033911288     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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