The morphological basis of hallucal orientation in extant birds

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-60

  Middleton, Kevin M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Digital reversion; Foot morphology; Grasping; Hallux; Opposition; Perching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034799065     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1058     Document Type: Article

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