bourdon, estelle (2006): l'avifaune du palogne des phosphates du maroc et du togo: diversit, systmatique et apports  la connaissance de la diversification des oiseaux modernes (neornithes) ["paleogene avifauna of phosphates of morocco and togo: diversity, systematics and contributions to the knowledge of the diversification of the neornithes"].
doctoral thesis, musum national d'histoire naturelle [in french].
ericson, per g.p.; envall, i.; irestedt, m.
norman, j.a. (2003): inter-familial relationships of the shorebirds (aves: charadriiformes) based on nuclear dna sequence data.
bmc evol. biol. 3: 16.
fain, matthew g. &
houde, peter (2004): parallel radiations in the primary clades of birds.
evolution 58(11): 2558-2573.
gl, erika; hr, jnos; kessler, eugn &
kkay, jzsef (199899): kzps-miocn smaradvnyok, a mtraszls, rkczi-kpolna alatti tbevgsbl. i. a mtraszls 1. lelhely [middle miocene fossils from the sections at the rkczi chapel at mtraszls.
locality mtraszls i.]. folia historico naturalia musei matraensis 23: 33-78.
[hungarian with english abstract] pdf fulltext
klug, h., m. b. bonsall, and s.h alonzo. 2013.
sex differences in life history drive evolutionary transitions among maternal, paternal, and biparental care.
ecology and evolution.
liker, a., r. p. freckleton, and t. szkely. 2013.
the evolution of sex roles in birds is related to adult sex ratio.
owens, i.p. 2002. maleonly care and classical polyandry in birds: phylogeny, ecology and sex differences in remating opportunities.
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london.
series b: biological sciences.
paton, tara a. &
baker, allan j. (2006): sequences from 14 mitochondrial genes provide a well-supported phylogeny of the charadriiform birds congruent with the nuclear rag-1 tree.
evol. 39(3): 657667.
paton, t.a.; baker, a.j.; groth, j.g. &
barrowclough, g.f. (2003): rag-1 sequences resolve phylogenetic relationships within charadriiform birds.
evol. 29: 268-278.
szkely, t and j.d. reynolds. 1995.
evolutionary transitions in parental care in shorebirds.
proceedings of the royal society of london.
series b: biological sciences.
thomas, g. h., t. szkely and j.d. reynolds. 2007.
sexual conflict and the evolution of breeding systems in shorebirds.
advances in the study of behavior.
thomas, gavin h.; wills, matthew a. &
szkely, tams (2004a): phylogeny of shorebirds, gulls, and alcids (aves: charadrii) from the cytochrome-b gene: parsimony, bayesian inference, minimum evolution, and quartet puzzling.
evol. 30(3): 516-526.
thomas, gavin h.; wills, matthew a. &
szkely, tams (2004): a supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny.
bmc evol. biol. 4: 28.
pdf fulltext supplementary material
tullberg, b. s., m. ahking and h. temrin. 2002.
phylogenetic reconstruction of parentalcare systems in the ancestors of birds.
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london.
series b: biological sciences.
van tuinen, marcel; waterhouse, david &
dyke, gareth j. (2004): avian molecular systematics on the rebound: a fresh look at modern shorebird phylogenetic relationships. j. avian biol. 35(3): 191-194.
worthy, trevor h.; tennyson, a.j.d.; jones, c.; mcnamara, j.a. &
douglas, b.j. (2007): miocene waterfowl and other birds from central otago, new zealand. j. syst.
palaeontol. 5(1): 1-39.