Adaptive modification of tail structure in relation to body mass and buckling in woodcreepers

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 281-296

  Tubaro, Pablo L ^a   Lijtmaer, Dario A ^a   Palacios, Maria G ^a   Kopuchian, Cecilia ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dendrocolaptidae; Euler buckling; Furnariidae; Scansorial; Tail morphology

Indexed keywords

DENDROCOLAPTIDAE; FURNARIIDAE; SEIURUS;

EID: 0036253292     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0281:AMOTSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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