Relationship between osteology and aquatic locomotion in birds: Determining modes of locomotion in extinct Ornithurae

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-385

  Hinic Frlog S ^a   Motani, R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fossil birds; Hesperornithiformes; Mechanics of hip and legs; Multivariate statistics; Plotopteridae; Regularized discriminant analysis; Skeletal morphology; Swimming locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOLOGY; SKELETON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SWIMMING;

AVES; HESPERORNITHIFORMES; ORNITHURAE;

EID: 74349101139     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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