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Upper beak depression instead of elevation dominates cranial kinesis in woodpeckers

The value of birds’ ability to move the upper beak relative to the braincase has been shown in vital tasks like feeding and singing. In woodpeckers, such cranial kinesis has been thought to hinder pecking as delivering forceful blows calls for a head functioning as a rigid unit. Here, we tested whet...

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Autores principales: Lyons, S., Baeckens, S., Van Wassenbergh, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10244965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37282489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0148