Statistical approach for inferring ecology of Mesozoic birds

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-133

  Bella, Alyssa ^a   Chiappea, Luis M ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Evolution; Mesozoic; Morphometrics; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CORRELATION; DATABASE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MESOZOIC; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TAXONOMY;

AVES;

EID: 79959731695     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.525536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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