The primary feather lengths of early birds with respect to avian wing shape evolution

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1226-1231

  Wang, X ^a   Nudds, R L ^b   Dyke, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian; Confuciusornis; Evolution; Primary feather; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FEATHER; FOSSIL RECORD; LOCOMOTION; MESOZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SHAPE; TAXONOMY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FLYING; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; CONFUCIUSORNIS; CONFUCIUSORNITHIDAE; NEORNITHES; THEROPODA;

EID: 79955652904     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02253.x     Document Type: Article

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