Avian wing proportions and flight styles: First step towards predicting the flight modes of mesozoic birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Xia ^a   McGowan, Alistair J ^b   Dyke, Gareth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FLYING; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; FOSSIL ANIMAL; HAND BONE; HUMERUS; MESOZOIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; THICKNESS; ULNA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WING;

EID: 82855177856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028672     Document Type: Article

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