Functional anatomy of the macropodid pes

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1997, Issue 117, 1997, Pages 17-50

  Bishop, Nicolas ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biomechanics; Evolution; Foot; Functional; Kangaroo; Macropodid; Morphology; Pes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005670587     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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