Bipedal locomotion in birds: The importance of functional parameters in terrestrial adaptation in Anatidae

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1994-1998

  Abourachid, A ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIPEDALISM; LOCOMOTION;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0033675287     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z00-112     Document Type: Article

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4. Bipedal locomotion: Effects of speed, size and limb posture in birds and humans
5. The hopping gaits of crows (Corvidae) and others bipeds
6. On the running of gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)
7. Analysis and comparison of gaits in whistling ducks (Dendrocygna)