Functional osteology of the forelimb digging apparatus of badgers

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 543-558

  Rose, Jacob ^a   Moore, Alexis ^b   Russell, Anthony ^c   Butcher, Michael ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bone; index; muscle; out force; scratch digging

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MUSCLE; MUSTELID; OSTEOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETON; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84903470102     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-174     Document Type: Article

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