Mandibular shape in the genus marmota (rodentia, sciuridae): A preliminary analysis using outlines

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Cardini, Andrea ^a   Slice, Dennis E ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic Fourier analysis; Geometric morphometrics; Marmot mandible; Phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 1942466611     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356546     Document Type: Article

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