Understanding selection for long necks in different taxa

Biological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 616-630

  Wilkinson, David M ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energetics; Feeding; Giraffe; Neck; Okapi; Plesiosaur; Pterosaur; Quetzalcoatlus; Ratites; Sauropod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; NECK; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NECK;

ANSER; AVES; CAMELIDAE; DINOSAURIA; GIRAFFIDAE; OKAPIA JOHNSTONI; PALAEOGNATHAE; QUETZALCOATLUS; SAUROPODA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 84863544426     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00212.x     Document Type: Review

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