Cranial mechanics of mammalian carnivores: Recent advances using a finite element approach

Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form, and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 466-485

  Wroe, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139193436.016     Document Type: Chapter

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