New observations on the splenius capitis and rectus capitis ventralis muscles of the Common Swift Apus apus (Apodidae)

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Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 633-639

  Brause, Cristeta ^a,b   Gasse, Hagen ^a   Mayr, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apodiformes; Individual variation; Morphology; Myology; Neck musculature

Indexed keywords

BIRD; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; SKULL;

APODIDAE; APODIFORMES; APUS APUS; AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 70349435596     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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