Feather morphology at the ultrastructural level

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Dyck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airtightness; Colour; Feather; Morphology; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

FEATHER;

EID: 0033501228     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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