Ecological correlates and evolutionary divergence in the skull of turtles: A geometric morphometric assessment

Systematic Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 933-948

  Claude, Julien ^a   Pritchard, Peter C H ^b   Tong, Haiyan ^c   Paradis, Emmanuel ^d   Auffray, Jean Christophe ^d  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Chelonian Research Institute   (United States)

^c UMR 5554 CNRS ^*  (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Geometric morphometrics; Morphological evolution; Phylogenetic constraints; Selection; Testudinoidea

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SKULL; TURTLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SKULL; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES; TESTUDINOIDEA;

EID: 12444311764     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150490889498     Document Type: Article

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