Computer simulation of feeding behaviour in the thylacine and dingo as a novel test for convergence and niche overlap

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1627, 2007, Pages 2819-2828

  Wroe, Stephen ^a   Clausen, Philip ^b   McHenry, Colin ^a,b,c   Moreno, Karen ^a   Cunningham, Eleanor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canis; Convergence; Finite element analysis; Thylacinus

Indexed keywords

CANID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIUM; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MARSUPIAL; NICHE OVERLAP; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE; SPECIALIZATION; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW MUSCLE; MANDIBLE; MARSUPIAL; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THYLACINE; WOLF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; THYLACINUS; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 35848961471     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0906     Document Type: Article

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