Ecological correlates of infraorbital foramen area in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-141

  Muchlinski, Magdalena N ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Fossil record; Frugivory; Infraorbital nerve; Maxillary mechanoreception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIVORE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOSSIL; FOSSIL HOMINOID; FRUGIVORE; HYPOTHESIS; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CRANIAL NERVES; DIET; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; ORBIT; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 74749083345     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21137     Document Type: Article

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