Seasonal bone growth and physiology in endotherms shed light on dinosaur physiology

Nature

Volumn 487, Issue 7407, 2012, Pages 358-361

  Köhler, Meike ^a   Marín Moratalla, Nekane ^a   Jordana, Xavier ^a   Aanes, Ronny ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Directorate for Nature Management   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BONE; DINOSAUR; ENDOTHERMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE GROWTH; BOVIDS; DIAPHYSIS; DINOSAUR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEMUR; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE GROWTH; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE; DINOSAURS; FEMUR; MODELS, ANIMAL; RUMINANTS; SEASONS;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863980440     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11264     Document Type: Article

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