Twofold seasonal variation in the supposedly constant, species‐specific, ratio of upstroke to downstroke flight muscles in red knots Calidris canutus
We show that in a long‐distance migrant shorebird species with outspoken seasonal changes in body mass and composition, the red knot Calidris canutus , the ratio between the masses of the small flight muscle ( musculus supracoracoideus , powering twists and active upstrokes of the wings) and the lar...
Published in: | Journal of Avian Biology |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2007
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04253.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.2007.0908-8857.04253.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04253.x |