Body frontal area in passerine birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-162

  Hedenström, Anders ^a   Rosén, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE; EQUATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; PASSERINE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0038574683     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2003.03145.x     Document Type: Article

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