Phylogeny, adaptation and mandible shape in Sciuridae (Rodentia, Mammalia)

Mammalia

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 286-296

  Michaux, Jacques ^a   Hautier, Lionel ^a   Simonin, Tiennet ^b   Vianey Liaud, Monique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Tiennet Simonin   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Elliptic Fourier transform; Mandible; Sciuridae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SHAPE;

MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; PTEROMYINI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS;

EID: 57149117176     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.049     Document Type: Article

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