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: Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone, Orsolya Vincze, Ria McCann, Carl H W Jonsson, Colin Palmer, Gary Kaiser, Gareth Dyke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4625084?pdf=render