Multiple regression modeling for estimating endocranial volume in extinct Mammalia

Paleobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-162

  Soul, Laura C ^a,b   Benson, Roger B J ^a,c   Weisbecker, Vera ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CETACEA; CRANIA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 84872158270     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-39.1.149     Document Type: Article

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