Bite force and jaw biomechanics in the subterranean rodent Talas tuco-tuco (Ctenomys talarum) (Caviomorpha: Octodontoidea)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-342

  Becerra, Federico ^a   Echeverría, Alejandra ^a   Vassallo, Aldo Iván ^a   Casinos, Adrià ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EQUATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953875423     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-007     Document Type: Article

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