A life table for Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis: Initial insights into ornithischian dinosaur population biology (Anatomical Record (2009) 292, (1514-1521) DOI: 10.1002/ar.20992);A life table for Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis: Initial insights into ornithischian dinosaur population biology

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1514-1521

  Erickson, Gregory M ^a   Makovicky, Peter J ^b   Inouye, Brian D ^a   Zhou, Chang Fu ^c   Gao, Ke Qin ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth curve; Growth rates; Life history; Reproduction; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DINOSAUR; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; PSITTACOSAURUS;

EID: 70350550306     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21041     Document Type: Erratum

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