The head of the finch: The anatomy of the feeding system in two species of finches (Geospiza fortis and Padda oryzivora)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 676-695

  Genbrugge, Annelies ^a,b   Herrel, Anthony ^a,c   Boone, Matthieu ^d   Van Hoorebeke, Luc ^d   Podos, Jeffrey ^e   Dirckx, Joris ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a,b   Dominique, Adriaens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwin's finches; Jaw musculature; Skull morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FINCH; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; HEAD; JAW; JAW MUSCLE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PADDA ORYZIVORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEAK; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; FINCHES; HEAD; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; PADDA ORYZIVORA;

EID: 81255157887     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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