Dietary hardness, loading behavior, and the evolution of skull form in bats

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2587-2598

  Santana, Sharlene E ^a   Grosse, Ian R ^b   Dumont, Elizabeth R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

3D bite force model; Biomechanics; Bite force; Finite element analysis; Frugivory; Loading behavior; Mechanical advantage; Muscle moments; Phyllostomidae; Strain

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOMECHANICS; CLADISTICS; DIETARY SHIFT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRUGIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SKULL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CHIROPTERA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SKULL; TEMPORAL MUSCLE;

MAMMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864307415     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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