Scaling of mammalian ethmoid bones can predict olfactory organ size and performance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1566, 2005, Pages 957-962

  Pihlström, Henry ^a   Fortelius, Mikael ^b   Hemilä, Simo ^a   Forsman, Roger ^c   Reuter, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endocasts; Ethmoid bone; Mammals; Olfactory organ size; Primates

Indexed keywords

BONE; MAMMAL; OLFACTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ETHMOID BONE; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKULL;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; UNGULATA;

EID: 21844468040     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2993     Document Type: Article

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