Functional morphology of raptor hindlimbs: Implications for resource partitioning

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1052-1063

  Ward, Andrea B ^a,b   Weigl, Peter D ^a   Conroy, Rachael M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITRINAE; ASIO; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; BUTEO LINEATUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; OTUS ASIO; PERCIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX VARIA;

EID: 0036823672     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/119.4.1052     Document Type: Article

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