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the evolutionary history of modern birds

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An edition of Living dinosaurs (2011)

Living dinosaurs

the evolutionary history of modern birds

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Wiley-Blackwell
Language
English
Pages
422

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Cover of: Living Dinosaurs
Living Dinosaurs
2012, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Cover of: Living Dinosaurs
Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds
2011, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
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Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds
2011, Wiley & Sons, Limited, John
in English
Cover of: Living Dinosaurs
Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds
2011, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: Living Dinosaurs
Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds
2011, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
Cover of: Living dinosaurs
Living dinosaurs: the evolutionary history of modern birds
2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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Table of Contents

Introduction : changing the questions in avian paleontology / Gary Kaiser and Gareth Dyke
Theropod diversity and the refinement of avian characteristics / Peter J. Makovicky and Lindsay E. Zanno
Why were there dinosaurs? Why are there birds? / Peter Ward and Robert Berner
Pre-modern birds : avian divergences in the Mesozoic / Jingmai O'Connor, Luis M. Chiappe, and Alyssa Bell
Progress and obstacles in the phylogenetics of modern birds / Bradley C. Livezey
The utility of fossil taxa and the evolution of modern birds : commentary and analysis / Gareth Dyke and Eoin Gardiner
Penguins past, present, and future : trends in the evolution of the Sphenisciformes / Daniel T. Ksepka and Tatsuro Ando
Phorusrhacids : the terror birds / Herculano Alvarenga, Luis Chiappe, and Sara Bertelli
The pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) and their bearing on the early evolution of modern birds / Estelle Bourdon
Phylogeny and diversification of modern passerines / F. Keith Barker
Morphological and behavioral correlates of flapping flight / Bret W. Tobalske ... [et al.]
Evolution of the avian brain and senses / Stig Walsh and Angela Milner
Evolving perceptions on the antiquity of the modern avian tree / Joseph W. Brown and M. Van Tuinen
Major events in avian genome evolution / Chris L. Organ and Scott V. Edwards
Bird evolution across the K-Pg boundary and the basal neornithine diversification / Bent E.K. Lindow
Functional and phylogenetic diversity in marine and aquatic birds / Gary Kaiser
The state of the world's birds and the future of avian diversity / Gavin H. Thomas.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Chichester, West Sussex, Hoboken, NJ

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
598.13/8
Library of Congress
QL677.3 .L58 2011, QL677.3

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 422 p., [8] p. of col. plates
Number of pages
422

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27071517M
Internet Archive
livingdinosaurse00dyke
ISBN 10
0470656662
ISBN 13
9780470656662
LCCN
2010043277
OCLC/WorldCat
664324132

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