Living dinosaurs
Subtitle: the evolutionary history of modern birds
By: edited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780470656662
Subjects: Paleobiology; Evolution; Birds
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : changing the questions in avian paleontology / Gary Kaiser and Gareth Dyke; title: Theropod diversity and the refinement of avian characteristics / Peter J. Makovicky and Lindsay E. Zanno; title: Why were there dinosaurs? Why are there birds? / Peter Ward and Robert Berner; title: Pre-modern birds : avian divergences in the Mesozoic / Jingmai O'Connor, Luis M. Chiappe, and Alyssa Bell; title: Progress and obstacles in the phylogenetics of modern birds / Bradley C. Livezey; title: The utility of fossil taxa and the evolution of modern birds : commentary and analysis / Gareth Dyke and Eoin Gardiner; title: Penguins past, present, and future : trends in the evolution of the Sphenisciformes / Daniel T. Ksepka and Tatsuro Ando; title: Phorusrhacids : the terror birds / Herculano Alvarenga, Luis Chiappe, and Sara Bertelli; title: The pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) and their bearing on the early evolution of modern birds / Estelle Bourdon; title: Phylogeny and diversification of modern passerines / F. Keith Barker; title: Morphological and behavioral correlates of flapping flight / Bret W. Tobalske ... [et al.]; title: Evolution of the avian brain and senses / Stig Walsh and Angela Milner; title: Evolving perceptions on the antiquity of the modern avian tree / Joseph W. Brown and M. Van Tuinen; title: Major events in avian genome evolution / Chris L. Organ and Scott V. Edwards; title: Bird evolution across the K-Pg boundary and the basal neornithine diversification / Bent E.K. Lindow; title: Functional and phylogenetic diversity in marine and aquatic birds / Gary Kaiser; title: The state of the world's birds and the future of avian diversity / Gavin H. Thomas.