Do constraints associated with the locomotor habitat drive the evolution of forelimb shape? A case study in musteloid carnivorans

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 226, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 596-610

  Fabre, Anne Claire ^a   Cornette, Raphael ^b   Goswami, Anjali ^c   Peigné, Stéphane ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

3D geometric morphometrics; Body mass; Comparative analysis; Convergence; Ecomorphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CARNIVORA; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRIP STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

LUTRINAE; TAXIDIINAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84929222592     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12315     Document Type: Article

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