The rise of birds and mammals: Are microevolutionary processes sufficient for macroevolution?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 516-522

  Penny, David ^a   Phillips, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MAMMAL;

AVES; DARWINIA; DINOSAURIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544292696     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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