Predicting carnivoran body mass from a weight-bearing joint

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-172

  Andersson, Ki ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carnivora; Humerus; Joint scaling; Mammalia; Trochlea circumference

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; PREDICTION; SKELETON;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242288230     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004564     Document Type: Article

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