Cranial ontogeny, diet, and ecogeographic variation in African lorises

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-73

  Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Arctocebus; Bergmann's rule; Discriminant function analysis; Ecogeographic variation; Latitude; Longitude; Perodicticus; Relative growth; Size

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRANIUM; DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; SIZE STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SKULL;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; LORISIDAE; SKULL;

AFRICA;

ARCTOCEBUS; LORIDAE; PERODICTICUS; PERODICTICUS POTTO;

EID: 33846345428     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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