Forelimb proportions and the evolutionary radiation of Neornithes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Nudds, R L ^a   Dyke, G J ^b   Rayner, J M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Birds; Flight; Phylogeny; Systematics; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIRD; EVOLUTION; LIMB; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRETACEOUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PALEOCENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; TERTIARY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; NEORNITHES;

EID: 3242893112     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0167     Document Type: Article

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