Functional adaptations in the craniofacial morphology of Malagasy primates: Shape variations associated with gummivory in the family Cheirogaleidae

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 495-501

  Viguier, Bénédicte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cheirogaleidae; Diet; Disparity; Fourier; Gummivory; Lemuriformes; Procrustes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; DIET; EATING HABIT; FOOD INTAKE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRUGIVORY; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SKULL; TAXON;

ALLOCEBUS; ANIMALIA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHEIROGALEUS; CRANIA; LEMURIFORMES; MICROCEBUS; MIRZA; PHANER; PRIMATES; PROCRUSTES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 11244346730     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80093-1     Document Type: Article

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