Tracking Mesozoic birds across the world

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Falk, Amanda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian evolution; Avian ichnology; Biogeography; Bird behaviour; Ichnotaxonomy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ICHNOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MESOZOIC; MIGRATION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES;

EID: 79959755948     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.512616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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