When hatchlings outperform adults: Locomotor development in Australian brush turkeys (Alectura lathami, Galliformes)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1712, 2011, Pages 1610-1616

  Dial, Kenneth P ^a   Jackson, Brandon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force plate; Locomotor development; Over ground performance; Precocial hatchlings; WAIR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; DATA SET; GAMEBIRD; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; KINEMATICS; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; ONTOGENY; PARENTAL CARE; TERRAIN; WING;

ALECTORIS CHUKAR; ALECTURA LATHAMI; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; LEIPOA OCELLATA; MEGAPODIUS FREYCINET;

EID: 79955424165     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1984     Document Type: Article

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