Covariation in Shapes Between the Sternum and Pelvis in Aquatic Birds with Different Locomotor Modes

• Veröffentlicht in: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Datum: 2023
• Jahrgang: 57
• Heft: 3
• ISSN: 2707-7268
• Автори та афіліації: O. V. Shatkovska — I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv; M. Ghazali — I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv
• Hauptverfasser: Shatkovska, O. V., Ghazali , M.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023
• Online Zugang: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/480
• Назва журналу: Zoodiversity

Birds associated with aquatic environments have diverse locomotor and foraging strategies. We hypothesize that aquatic birds have different covariation patterns in the shapes of the sternum and pelvis depending on the locomotor mode and the predominant use of wings or hind limbs when moving through...