Craniometric variation of some Mediterranean and Atlantic populations of Stenella coeruleoalba (Mammalia, Delphinidae): A three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Loy, Anna ^a   Tamburelli, Arianna ^b   Carlini, Rossella ^b   Slice, Dennis E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Zoologia   (Italy)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D geometric morphometrics; Geographic variation; Mediterranean Sea; Stenella coeruleoalba; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRANIUM; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 79954563634     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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