The evolution of body armor in mammals: Plantigrade constraints of large body size

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1464-1473

  Lovegrove, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Body armor; Cope's rule; Mammals; Running speeds

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; ELAGATIS; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034892311     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00666.x     Document Type: Article

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