Tyrannosaur life tables: An example of nonavian dinosaur population biology

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5784, 2006, Pages 213-217

  Erickson, Gregory M ^a   Currie, Philip J ^b   Inouye, Brian D ^a   Winn, Alice A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; MUSEUMS; NATURAL SCIENCES;

DASPLETOSAURUS; GORGOSAURUS; MORTALITY; TYRANNOSAURUS;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE STRUCTURE; BOOTSTRAPPING; DINOSAUR; JUVENILE; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CANADA; DINOSAURS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOSSILS; LIFE TABLES; LONGEVITY; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; MORTALITY; PALEONTOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; DASPLETOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; TARBOSAURUS; TYRANNOSAURUS;

EID: 33746017657     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125721     Document Type: Article

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