Anagenesis of early birds reconsidered

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 347-354

  Peters, Dieter Stefan ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Ridge glider model'; Evolution of birds; Flight; Functional anatomy

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036061454     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043793     Document Type: Article

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