Developmental variation in ecogeographic body proportions

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-570

  Cowgill, Libby W ^a   Eleazer, Courtney D ^b   Auerbach, Benjamin M ^b   Temple, Daniel H ^c   Okazaki, Kenji ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bergmann's and Allen's rule; body proportions; growth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; ONTOGENY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; HUMANS; INFANT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84863716593     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22072     Document Type: Article

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