Assessing behavior in extinct animals: Was Smilodon social?

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-164

  McCall, Sherman ^a,d   Naples, Virginia ^b   Martin, Larry ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Cellular Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Evolution; Fracture healing; Mammals; Paleoecology; Smilodon; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAT; COYOTE; DEHYDRATION; EAGLE; FRACTURE HEALING; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMILODON FATALIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STARVATION; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; EVOLUTION; FRACTURE HEALING; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CICONIIFORMES; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; SMILODON; SMILODON FATALIS;

EID: 0037262043     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069752     Document Type: Article

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