A quantitative approach to the cranial ontogeny of the puma

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 547-554

  Giannini, Norberto P ^a,b   Segura, Valentina ^c,d   Giannini, María Isabel ^b   Flores, David ^c,d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^d MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allometry; Felidae; Hypermorphosis; Hypomorphosis; Skull ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARNIVORE; CRANIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FELID; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LINEARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WILD POPULATION;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 77954365032     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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