Skull and buccal cavity allometry increase mass-specific engulfment capacity in fin whales

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1683, 2010, Pages 861-868

  Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^a   Potvin, Jean ^b   Shadwick, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Foraging; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; TRADE-OFF; WATER MASS;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 77950276913     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1680     Document Type: Article

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