Mandibular bowing and mineralization in brown pelicans

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 445-449

  Meyers, Ron A ^a   Myers, René P ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown Pelican; Cranial kinesis; Feeding; Jaw mechanics; Pelecanus occidentalis; Streptognathism

Indexed keywords

AVES; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 18844453700     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7743     Document Type: Article

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