K PERREMANS, A DEBONT, and F OLLEVIER (1992)
A study of featherprints by scanning electron microscopy.
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 122(1):113-121.
The surface of the rachis, rami and rachidial barbules of feathers of 109 species, belonging to 56 families and 17 orders, is investigated by means of the scanning electron microscope. Photographic illustrations, dealing with 18 species, demonstrating the wide diversity of featherprints, including micropapillae, fibrillary striations, pits and cell boundaries are presented.
FEATHER SURFACE; FEATHERPRINTS; ULTRASTRUCTURE
- ISSN: 0777-6276
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