Craniodental indicators of prey size preference in the Felidae

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 784-799

  Meachen Samuels, Julie ^a   Van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crania; Dentition; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DENTITION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FELID; MORPHOMETRY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE; SHAPE;

CRANIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 63849162423     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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