Forelimb skeletal morphology and flight mode evolution in pelecaniform birds

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-46

  Simons, Erin L R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Flight mode; Pelecaniformes; Skeletal morphometrics; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; WING;

AVES; PELECANIFORMES;

EID: 76449087004     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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