Scaling of body frontal area and body width in birds

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-346

  Nudds, R L ^a   Rayner, J M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; Body shape; CAIC; Flight; Passerine; Wing span

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; WING;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33645554673     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10409     Document Type: Article

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