Testing Adaptive Hypotheses of Convergence with Functional Landscapes: A Case Study of Bone-Cracking Hypercarnivores

Zhijie Jack Tseng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065305

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Testing Adaptive Hypotheses of Convergence with Functional Landscapes: A Case Study of Bone-Cracking Hypercarnivores

Zhijie Jack Tseng

* E-mail: jtseng@amnh.org

Current address: Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Testing Adaptive Hypotheses of Convergence with Functional Landscapes: A Case Study of Bone-Cracking Hypercarnivores

Zhijie Jack Tseng

Published: May 29, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065305

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