The link between avian brachial index, flight capability and the neornithine evolutionary radiation
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DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21414
Abstract: In dictating the relative distances between the elbow, shoulder and wrist, avian brachial index (BI = humerus/radius‐ulna length) likely influences wing kinematics and, therefore, might predict extinct avian flight capability. This underpins the hypothesis that… read more here.
Keywords: flight capability; avian brachial; flight; brachial index ... See more keywords