The utility of chemical signals as phylogenetic characters: An example from the felidae

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^a   Decker Flum, Denise M ^b   Gittleman, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Evolution; Felidae; Lipids; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FELID; PHYLOGENETICS;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CARACAL; FELIS; LEOPARDUS; LEPTAILURUS; LYNX; ONCIFELIS; OTOCOLOBUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PRIONAILURUS; PUMA; PUMA CONCOLOR; UNCIA;

EID: 0035118783     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2000.0492     Document Type: Article

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