Contractile activity of the pectoralis in the zebra finch according to mode and velocity of flap-bounding flight

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2895-2901

  Tobalske, Bret W ^a   Puccinelli, Lisa A ^a   Sheridan, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Intermittent; Muscle; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINCH; FLYING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINCHES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; VIDEO RECORDING;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 24644509898     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01734     Document Type: Article

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