Mega-Bites: Extreme jaw forces of living and extinct piranhas (Serrasalmidae)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Grubich, Justin R ^a,b,c   Huskey, Steve ^c   Crofts, Stephanie ^d   Orti, Guillermo ^e   Porto, Jorge ^f  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARNIVORY; CHARACIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CARNIVORY; CHARACIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MANDIBLE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871733156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01009     Document Type: Article

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