Ecomorphological correlates of craniodental variation in bears and paleobiological implications for extinct taxa: An approach based on geometric morphometrics

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-80

  Figueirido, B ^a   Palmqvist, P ^a   Perez Claros J A ^a  

^a Lab de Bioquim y Biol Molecular   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arctodus simus; Feeding behavior; Landmark based morphometrics; Relative warps; Ursidae; Ursus spelaeus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CRANIUM; DENTITION; DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECONSTRUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARCTODUS SIMUS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; URSIDAE; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 58149116609     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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