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Quantifying shape and ecology in avian pedal claws: The relationship between the bony core and keratinous sheath

Terrestrial tetrapods use their claws to interact with their environments in a plethora of ways. Birds in particular have developed a diversity of claw shapes since they are often not bound to terrestrial locomotion and have heterogeneous body masses ranging several orders of magnitude. Numerous pre...

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Autores principales: Hedrick, Brandon P., Cordero, Samantha A., Zanno, Lindsay E., Noto, Christopher, Dodson, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6822041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31695867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5507