Cranial shape transformation in the evolution of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Figueirido, Borja ^a   Palmqvist, Paul ^a   Pérez Claros, Juan A ^a   Dong, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda; Cranial morphology; Evolution; Geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CRANIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMETRY; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; CRANIA;

EID: 79953866356     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0748-x     Document Type: Article

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