Hindlimb morphology and locomotor performance in waders: An evolutionary approach

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-330

  Barbosa, A ^a   Moreno, E ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Evolution locomotion performance; Hindlimb; Morphology; Myology waders; Osteology

Indexed keywords

SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0032789102     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0282     Document Type: Article

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