Exploring the Relationship between Skeletal Mass and Total Body Mass in Birds

Total body mass (TBM) is known to be related to a number of different osteological features in vertebrates, including limb element measurements and total skeletal mass. The relationship between skeletal mass and TBM in birds has been suggested as a way of estimating the latter in cases where only th...

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Main Authors: Martin-Silverstone, Elizabeth, Vincze, Orsolya, McCann, Ria, Jonsson, Carl H. W., Palmer, Colin, Kaiser, Gary, Dyke, Gareth
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625084/