Scaling of muscle composition, wing morphology, and intermittent flight behavior in woodpeckers

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-177

  Tobalske, Bret W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS; DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANERPES LEWIS; PICIDAE; PICOIDES PUBESCENS; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; SPHYRAPICUS NUCHALIS;

EID: 0002499708     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088943     Document Type: Article

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