Mandible shape and dwarfism in squirrels (Mammalia, Rodentia): Interaction of allometry and adaptation

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 725-730

  Hautier, Lionel ^a   Fabre, Pierre Henri ^b   Michaux, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allometry; Dwarfism; Mandible; Sciuridae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DENTITION; RODENT; SHAPE;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; DWARF TREE SQUIRREL; ELLIPTIC FOURIER TRANSFORM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; RODENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DWARFISM; FACE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSEUMS; PHYLOGENY; SCIURIDAE;

MAMMALIA; PTEROMYINI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS;

EID: 67349259681     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0519-8     Document Type: Article

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