Ecomorphology of the external flight apparatus of blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) with different migration behavior

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1046, Issue , 2005, Pages 253-263

  Fiedler, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alula; Bird flight; Bird migration; Emargination; Tail; Wing

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

AVES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 23744463120     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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