Functional correlation between habitat use and leg morphology in birds (Aves)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 461-484

  Zeffer, Anna ^a   Johansson, L Christoffer ^a   Marmebro, Åsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Femur; Functional morphology; Habitat morphology; Tarsometatarsus; Tibiotarsus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037593341     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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