Gliding and the Functional Origins of Flight: Biomechanical Novelty or Necessity?

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2007-12-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.ECOLSYS.37.091305.110014
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