Intraspecific variation and evolutionary reduction of tendon ossification in Dendrocincla woodcreepers

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 503-511

  Bledsoe, Anthony H ^b   Raikow, Robert J ^b   Crowell, Loretta S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dendrocolaptinae; directional selection; evolutionary reduction; intraspecific variation; myology; phylogenetic analysis; tendon ossification

Indexed keywords

CERTHIA; DENDROCINCLA; DENDROCINCLA ANABATINA; DENDROCOLAPTES CERTHIA; XIPHORHYNCHUS FLAVIGASTER;

EID: 0030987252     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369956     Document Type: Article

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