Early birds surmount steep slopes

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6968, 2003, Pages 777-778

  Hutchinson, John R ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY;

AVIAN FLIGHT;

ECOLOGY;

BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLYING; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; FOWL; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347987859     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/426777a     Document Type: Short Survey

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