Incisor morphology reflects diet in caviomorph rodents

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 871-879

  Croft, Darin A ^a   Niemi, Kyle ^a   Franco, Andrew ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dentition; discriminant analysis; ecomorphology; herbivory; hystricognath; paleoecology; South America

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AUTECOLOGY; DATA SET; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERBIVORY; PALEOECOLOGY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CAVIOMORPHA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80051862197     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-226.1     Document Type: Article

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