A morphologic criterion to distinguish bird tracks

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 701-716

  Falk, Amanda R ^a   Martin, Larry D ^b   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian evolution; Avian foot morphology; Avian hindlimb; Tarsometatarsus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; TRACE FOSSIL;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958770472     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0645-x     Document Type: Article

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