Is extreme bite performance associated with extreme morphologies in sharks?

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-28

  Huber, Daniel R ^a   Claes, Julien M ^b   Mallefet, Jérôme ^b   Herrel, Anthony ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; ECTOTHERMY; FEEDING MECHANISM; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SHARK; TOOTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD; JAW; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 58849110817     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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