The role of the postorbital ligament in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-88

  Nuijens, Frank W ^a   Hoek, Annet C ^a   Bout, Ron G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cranial kinesis; Postorbital ligament; Seed husking; Zebra Finch

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0034077716     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854200x00298     Document Type: Article

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