Avian wingtip shape reconsidered: Wingtip shape indices and morphological adaptations to migration

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-292

  Lockwood, Rowan ^a   Swaddle, John P ^b   Rayner, Jeremy M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; MIGRATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0031693850     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677110     Document Type: Article

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