Morphological and thermal properties of mammalian insulation: The evolutionary transition to blubber in pinnipeds

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 774-787

  Liwanag, Heather E M ^a   Berta, Annalisa ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^a   Budge, Suzanne M ^c   Williams, Terrie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptation; Blubber thickness; Carnivora; Fatty acid composition; Lipid content; Marine mammal; Morphology; Pinnipedia; Thermal conductivity; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FATTY ACID; HABITAT TYPE; INSULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSTELID; PINNIPED; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; MAMMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84869852859     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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