Evolution of hypercarnivory: The effect of specialization on morphological and taxonomic diversity

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-128

  Holliday, Jill A ^a   Steppan, Scott J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CARNIVORY; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 1642298315     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0108:EOHTEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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