Locomotor modules and the evolution of avian flight

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 331-340

  Gatesy, Stephen M ^a,b   Dial, Kenneth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian evolution; Bird flight; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030038921     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04496.x     Document Type: Article

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