Post-hatching growth and development of the pectoral and pelvic limbs in the black noddy, Anous minutus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-168

  Bennett, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Birds; Bone; Material properties; Modulus; Pectoralis; Scaling; Semi precocial

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOUS MINUTUS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY GROWTH; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; FLEDGLING; FORELIMB; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HATCHING; HATCHLING; HINDLIMB; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PELVIC GIRDLE;

ANOUS MINUTUS; AVES; CHLIDONIAS;

EID: 44849112178     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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