Biomechanics of cranial kinesis in birds: Testing linkage models in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-320

  Hoese, William J ^a   Westneat, Mark W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000031106     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199603)227:3<305::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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