The digital tendon locking mechanism of owls: Variation in the structure and arrangement of the mechanism and functional implications

Emu

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-230

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; FALCONIDAE; FALCONIFORMES; STRIGIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 34548481989     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU06019     Document Type: Article

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