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Response to comments by C. Palmer on my paper, Feather structure, biomechanics and biomimetics: the incredible lightness of being

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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Lingham-Soliar, T. Response to comments by C. Palmer on my paper, Feather structure, biomechanics and biomimetics: the incredible lightness of being. J Ornithol 155, 1083–1085 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-014-1093-1

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