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Morphological Variations of Leading-Edge Serrations in Owls (Strigiformes)

BACKGROUND: Owls have developed serrations, comb-like structures, along the leading edge of their wings. Serrations were investigated from a morphological and a mechanical point of view, but were not yet quantitatively compared for different species. Such a comparative investigation of serrations fr...

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Autores principales: Weger, Matthias, Wagner, Hermann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26934104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149236