Why were extinct gigantic birds so small?

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 187-194

  Deeming, D Charles ^a   Birchard, Geoffrey F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flightless birds; Late cretaceous; Non avian theropod dinosaurs; Quaternary; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DINOSAUR; EGG; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOCENE; GEOLOGY; GIGANTISM; GROWTH CURVE; INCUBATION TIME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PALEOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; QUATERNARY (PERIOD); REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TERTIARY (PERIOD);

EID: 62249149483     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815508X402482     Document Type: Review

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