Avian furcula morphology may indicate relationships of flight requirements among birds

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 284-293

  Hui, Clifford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird flight; Flight behavior; Furcula morphology; Wishbone

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FURCULA; GALLIFORMES; HYDROBATINAE; PINGUINUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORAX;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; THORAX;

EID: 0036008051     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1089     Document Type: Article

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