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Forelimb Joint Mobility and the Evolution of Wing-Propelled Diving in Birds

✍ Scribed by Robert J. Raikow, Lesley Bicanovsky and Anthony H. Bledsoe

Book ID: 124638722
Publisher: University of California Press
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 224 KB
Volume: 105
Category: Article
ISSN: 0004-8038
DOI: 10.2307/4087440

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