Gravity-defying behaviors: identifying models for protoaves

American Zoologist

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 664-675

  Geist, Nicholas R ^a   Feouccia, Alan ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 33745991883     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/40.4.664     Document Type: Article

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