The contractile properties of the M. supracoracoideus in the pigeon and starling: A case for long-axis rotation of the humerus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 2987-3002

  Poore, Samuel O ^a   Ashcroft, A ^a   Sanchez Haiman A ^a   Goslow Jr , G E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird flight; Columba livia; Flight control; Flight evolution; Flight muscle; Length force; Pigeon; Staffing; Sturnus vulgaris; Supracoracoideus muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031460542     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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