Bite of the cats: Relationships between functional integration and mechanical performance as revealed by mandible geometry

Systematic Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 878-900

  Piras, Paolo ^a,b   Maiorino, Leonardo ^a,b   Teresi, Luciano ^b   Meloro, Carlo ^c   Lucci, Federico ^b   Kotsakis, Tassos ^a,b   Raia, Pasquale ^c  

^a Center for Evolutionary Ecology   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORY; CAT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FELIDAE; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORY; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FELIDAE; LINEAR MODELS; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84886077159     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt053     Document Type: Article

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