Morphological aspects of avian tail movements: A functional approach in hirundines

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 647-654

  Moreno, Eulalia ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; DELICHON URBICA; GALLIFORMES; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 0030474124     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088985     Document Type: Article

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