Allometry in the distribution of material properties and geometry of the felid skull: Why larger species may need to change and how they may achieve it

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-226

  Chamoli, Uphar ^a   Wroe, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancellous; Cortical; Felidae; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BONE; CRANIUM; FELID; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SKULL; STIFFNESS;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CHEETAH; CORTICAL BONE; FELIDAE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; FELIDAE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MANDIBLE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; FELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959351136     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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