Forelimb posture in dinosaurs and the evolution of the avian flapping flight-stroke

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 994-1002

  Nudds, Robert L ^a   Dyke, Gareth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bird; Locomotion; Morphology; Strouhal number; Wing

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; BIRD; DINOSAUR; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; WING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; DINOSAUR; FLYING; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; DINOSAURS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUNNING; WING;

AVES; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 62749093225     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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