Relative growth rates of predator and prey dinosaurs reflect effects of predation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1651, 2008, Pages 2609-2615

  Cooper, Lisa Noelle ^a,b   Lee, Andrew H ^c   Taper, Mark L ^d   Horner, John R ^d  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Life history; Predator prey interaction; Stochastic growth model

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESORPTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; STOCHASTICITY;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; FEMUR; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; HYPACROSAURUS STEBINGERI; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

DINOSAURIA; HYPACROSAURUS; THEROPODA;

EID: 54249168504     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0912     Document Type: Article

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