Comparative bite forces and canine bending strength in feline and sabretooth felids: Implications for predatory ecology

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 423-437

  Christiansen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bite force quotients; Canine strength; Prey size

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE;

EID: 34547663637     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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