Environmental media and shape asymmetry: A case study on turtle shells

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Rivera, Gabriel ^a   Claude, Julien ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Environment; Geometric morphometrics; Terrestrial; Testudinoidea

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MORPHOMETRY; SHAPE; TURTLE;

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINOIDEA;

EID: 45249096477     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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