Mass allometry of the appendicular skeleton in terrestrial mammals

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-209

  Christiansen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allometry; Appendicular skeleton; Long bone mass; Mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; LIMB; MAMMAL; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; ULNA;

ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE AND BONES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTREMITIES; FEMUR; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HUMERUS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIBIA; ULNA;

EID: 0036006740     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1083     Document Type: Article

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