Tiptoeing through the trophics: Geographic variation in carnivoran locomotor ecomorphology in relation to environment

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 374-410

  David Polly, P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139193436.014     Document Type: Chapter

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