Behavioral evidence of the role of lumbosacral anatomical specializations in pigeons in maintaining balance during terrestrial locomotion

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-412

  Necker, R ^a   Janssen A ^a   Beissenhirtz, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird; Locomotion; Lumbosacral; Sense of equilibrium; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342424371     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050440     Document Type: Article

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