How large are the extinct giant insular rodents? New body mass estimations from teeth and bones

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-212

  Moncunill Solé, Blanca ^a   Jordana, Xavier ^a   Marín Moratalla, Nekane ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a   Köhler, Meike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass; Canariomys; Hypnomys; Island rule; Muscardinus cyclopeus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE; CANARIOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HYPNOMYS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ISLAND RULE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCARDINUS CYCLOPEUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

BODY MASS; CANARIOMYS; HYPNOMYS; ISLAND RULE; MUSCARDINUS CYCLOPEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE AND BONES; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; ISLANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 84902121237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12063     Document Type: Article

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