Jaw Musculature of the Picini (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae)

The Picini tribe comprises 25 Old World woodpecker species grouped into seven genera that are widely distributed in Asia and include several representatives from the Eurasian region. Given the absence of detailed anatomical studies of Picini in the literature, the purposes of this study were to desc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reginaldo José Donatelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Zoology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/941678