Bone Histology Reveals a High Environmental and Metabolic Plasticity as a Successful Evolutionary Strategy in a Long-Lived Homeostatic Triassic Temnospondyl

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 627-647

  Sanchez, S ^a   Schoch, R R ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Environmental canalization; Morphological stasis; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84888134209     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-013-9238-3     Document Type: Article

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