Buckman's first law covariation - A case of proportionality

Lethaia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-72

  Hammer, Øyvind ^a   Bucher, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Intraspecific variation; Morphometry; Ornamentation

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; ORNAMENTATION;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 17144412218     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160510013196     Document Type: Article

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