Bone microanatomy and lifestyle: A descriptive approach

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 381-402

  Laurin, Michel ^a   Canoville, Aurore ^a   Germain, Damien ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecology; Histology; Long bones; Microanatomy; Paleoecology; Paleontology; Tetrapods; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BONE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TETRAPOD;

AMPHIBIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052657128     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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