Waders (Scolopacidae) surviving despite malaligned leg fractures in the wild: kinematics of bipedal locomotion
Abstract Background Bone fracture frequencies and survival rates are essential parameters in skeleton evolution, but information on the functional consequences of naturally healed fractures is scarce. No leg bone fracture healing in the wild has been reported so far from long-legged Charadriiformes...
Main Authors: | Jessica Reichert, Gerald Mayr, Thomas Wilke, Winfried S. Peters |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2017-09-01
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Series: | Avian Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-017-0082-5 |
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