Trabecular bone scales allometrically in mammals and birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1721, 2011, Pages 3067-3073

  Doube, Michael ^a   Kłosowski, Michał M ^a   Wiktorowicz Conroy, Alexis M ^b   Hutchinson, John R ^b   Shefelbine, Sandra J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bone; Scaling; Trabeculae

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BONE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAMETER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; STIFFNESS; VOLUME;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051687734     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0069     Document Type: Article

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