Morphometric variation of the skull during postnatal development in the Lowland European bison Bison bonasus bonasus

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-216

  Krasińska, Małgorzata ^a   Szuma, Elwira ^a   Kobryńczuk, Franciszek ^b   Szara, Tomasz ^b  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bison bonasus bonasus; Morphometric variation; Postnatal development; Skull

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BISON BISON; BISON BONASUS;

EID: 49949087655     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03193117     Document Type: Article

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