The scaling of tooth sharpness in mammals

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 603-613

  Evans, Alistair R ^a,b   Hunter, John ^c   Fortelius, Mikael ^b   Sanson, Gordon D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 30744449966     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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