The integumentary morphology of modern birds-an overview

American Zoologist

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-477

  Stettenheim, Peter R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/icb/40.4.461     Document Type: Article

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