Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

2018/05/24 by Daniel J. Field, Antoine Bercovici, Jacob S. Berv +6 · 12 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.062

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• Biologia Futura: rapid diversification and behavioural adaptation of birds in response to Oligocene–Miocene climatic conditions
• A North American stem turaco, and the complex biogeographic history of modern birds
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