Frontal sinuses and head-butting in goats: A finite element analysis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3085-3094

  Farke, Andrew A ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Capra hircus; Finite element analysis; Goats; Head butting; Paranasal sinus; Pneumaticity

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRONTAL SINUS; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRONTAL SINUS; GOATS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 55549138767     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.019042     Document Type: Article

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