Bone profiler: A tool to quantify, model, and statistically compare bone-section compactness profiles

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 458-461

  Girondot, Marc ^a   Laurin, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0041703166     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)023[0458:BPATTQ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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