Is the morphological disparity of lemur skulls (Primates) controlled by phylogeny and/or environmental constraints?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 577-590

  Viguier, Bénédicte ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Geometrical morphometric methods; Lemurs; Madagascar; Morphological disparity; Primates; Procrustes superimposition

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRANIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE;

EULEMUR; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROCRUSTES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0036695048     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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