Living Dinosaurs (The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds) || Front Matter

✍ Scribed by Dyke, Gareth; Kaiser, Gary

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 162 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0470656662
• DOI: 10.1002/9781119990475.fmatter

✦ Synopsis

Introduction : Changing The Questions In Avian Paleontology / Gary Kaiser And Gareth Dyke -- Theropod Diversity And The Refinement Of Avian Characteristics / Peter J. Makovicky And Lindsay E. Zanno -- Why Were There Dinosaurs? Why Are There Birds? / Peter Ward And Robert Berner -- Pre-modern Birds : Avian Divergences In The Mesozoic / Jingmai O'connor, Luis M. Chiappe, And Alyssa Bell -- Progress And Obstacles In The Phylogenetics Of Modern Birds / Bradley C. Livezey -- The Utility Of Fossil Taxa And The Evolution Of Modern Birds : Commentary And Analysis / Gareth Dyke And Eoin Gardiner -- Penguins Past, Present, And Future : Trends In The Evolution Of The Sphenisciformes / Daniel T. Ksepka And Tatsuro Ando -- Phorusrhacids : The Terror Birds / Herculano Alvarenga, Luis Chiappe, And Sara Bertelli -- The Pseudo-toothed Birds (aves, Odontopterygiformes) And Their Bearing On The Early Evolution Of Modern Birds / Estelle Bourdon -- Phylogeny And Diversification Of Modern Passerines / F. Keith Barker -- Morphological And Behavioral Correlates Of Flapping Flight / Bret W. Tobalske ... [et Al.] -- Evolution Of The Avian Brain And Senses / Stig Walsh And Angela Milner -- Evolving Perceptions On The Antiquity Of The Modern Avian Tree / Joseph W. Brown And M. Van Tuinen -- Major Events In Avian Genome Evolution / Chris L. Organ And Scott V. Edwards -- Bird Evolution Across The K-pg Boundary And The Basal Neornithine Diversification / Bent E.k. Lindow -- Functional And Phylogenetic Diversity In Marine And Aquatic Birds / Gary Kaiser -- The State Of The World's Birds And The Future Of Avian Diversity / Gavin H. Thomas. Edited By Gareth Dyke And Gary Kaiser. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.