How the longspur won its spurs: A study of claw and toe length in ground-dwelling passerine birds

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-133

  Green, R E ^a   Barnes, K N ^b,c   Brooke, M De L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Tropical Birding Research Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alaudidae; Contrast analysis; Ecomorphology; Larks; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GRASS; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; MUSEUM; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; EMBERIZINAE; MOTACILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 58849159279     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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