The role of cranial kinesis in birds

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 197-205

  Bout, Ron G ^a   Zweers, Gart A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birds; Biting force; Eye; Jaw; Kinetic skull; Ligament

Indexed keywords

BEAK; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW MOVEMENT; LIGAMENT; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MECHANICS; MODEL; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0035685759     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00470-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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