The end of the fat dodo? A new mass estimate for Raphus cucullatus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-236

  Angst, Delphine ^a   Buffetaut, Eric ^b   Abourachid, Anick ^c  

^a Laboratoire de Géologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure ^*  (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Limb bones; Mass; Mauritius; Morphology; Raphus cucullatus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; FEATHER; FLIGHTLESSNESS; MORPHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; COLUMBIFORMES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; RAPHUS CUCULLATUS;

EID: 79954417935     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0759-7     Document Type: Article

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