Morphological integration versus ecological plasticity in the avian pelvic limb skeleton

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 274, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 483-495

  Stoessel, Alexander ^a,b   Kilbourne, Brandon M ^a   Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Hindlimb; Morphological integration; Proportions; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PELVIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; EXTREMITIES; PELVIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES;

EID: 84875859818     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20109     Document Type: Article

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