Antler stiffness in moose (Alces alces): Correlated evolution of bone function and material properties?

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1075-1086

  Blob, Richard W ^a   Snelgrove, Jason M ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; Biomechanics; Bone; Deer; Evolution; Material properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BONE DENSITY; DEER; EVOLUTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALCES ALCES; CERVIDAE;

EID: 33748566271     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10461     Document Type: Article

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