Feathers at a fine scale

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 652-655

  Shawkey, Matthew D ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3242723396     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090303     Document Type: Review

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