Comparative methods for studying primate adaptation and allometry

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 81-98

  Nunn, Charles L ^a   Barton, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035535044     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.1019     Document Type: Article

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