Flightlessness and long bone allometry in palaeognathiformes and sphenisciformes

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-226

  Cubo, J ^a   Casinos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Cross section; Evolution; Flightlessness; Long bones; Palaeognathiformes; Running; Scaling; Sphenisciformes; Swimming

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 0000578949     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854297x00175     Document Type: Article

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