Effects of body size on take-off flight performance in the phasianidae (AVES)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3319-3332

  Tobalske, B W ^a   Dial, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Elec tromyography; Flight; Muscle; Pectoralis; Phasianidae; Power; Scaling; Sonomicrometry; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS; WING;

EID: 0033740388     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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