Morphofunctional patterns in Neotropical felids: Species co-existence and historical assembly

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 711-724

  Morales, Miriam M ^a,b   Giannini, Norberto P ^c  

^a San Miguel de Tucumán ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Felidae; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FELID; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIALIZATION;

FELIDAE;

EID: 77954381464     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01461.x     Document Type: Article

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