By way of GrrlScientist, I notice that Fieldiana (the journal of the Field Museum is now freely available online. This means that DD Davis’ classic study "The giant panda: a morphological study of evolutionary mechanisms" of 1964 can now be enjoyed by one and all. Over three hundred pages, detailing everything you’d want to know about giant panda morphology.
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Thanks for posting this. The paper looks interesting. I like the "Flipbook" bersion, where I can see what the published thesis looked like.
- M.