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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |