What use is half a wing in the ecology and evolution of birds?

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-445

  Dial, Kenneth P ^a   Randall, Ross J ^b   Dial, Terry R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UM Flight Laboratory

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird evolution; Ontogeny; Origin of flight; Protowings; WAIR

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS CHUKAR; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 33646498093     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0437:WUIHAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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