Ecological and biomechanical insights into the evolution of gliding in mammals

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 991-1002

  Byrnes, Greg ^a   Spence, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FLYING; GENETIC SELECTION; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HERBIVORY; MAMMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 82255181348     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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