New equations for body mass estimation in bovids: Testing some procedures when constructing regression functions

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 755-761

  De Esteban Trivigno, Soledad ^a   Köhler, Meike ^a  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovid management; Fossil body mass estimation; Percentage prediction error; Phylogenetic correction; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EQUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANT; SKELETON;

BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOVIDAE; MYOTRAGUS BALEARICUS; PSEUDORYX NGHETINHENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 80053594848     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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