Aspects of the hindlimb morphology of some Australian birds of prey: A comparative and quantitative study

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 773-788

  Einoder, Luke D ^a,b   Richardson, Alastair M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digit; Hindlimb; Morphology; Raptor; Talon; Tarsus; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPTOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; FALCONIDAE; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES;

EID: 34547804145     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[773:AOTHMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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