Procrustes analysis: a tool to understand shape changes of the humerus in turtles (Chelonii)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 509-518

  Depecker, Marion ^a   Renous, Sabine ^a   Penin, Xavier ^a,b   Berge, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Faculte de Chirurgie Dentaire   (France)

Author keywords

Chelonians; Geometric morphometry; Habitat; Limb morphology; Locomotion; Shape pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BONE; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33646910200     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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