Flippers versus feet: Comparative trends in aquatic and non-aquatic carnivores

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 386-400

  Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^a   Gittleman, John L ^b   Kelly, Colleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptations; Comparative method; Independent contrasts; Phylogeny; Terrestrial ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARNIVORE; ECOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0035017903     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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