Allometric disparity in rodent evolution

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 971-984

  Wilson, Laura A B ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometric trajectory; Cranium; Diet; Morphological evolution; Phenotypic covariance structure; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886239725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.521     Document Type: Article

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