The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe

G Mayr - Biological Reviews, 2005‏ - cambridge.org
The Paleogene (Paleocene–Oligocene) fossil record of birds in Europe is reviewed and
recent and fossil taxa are placed into a phylogenetic framework, based on published …

An update of Wallace's zoogeographic regions of the world

BG Holt, JP Lessard, MK Borregaard, SA Fritz… - Science, 2013‏ - science.org
Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

[PDF][PDF] Influences of morphology and behavior on wing-molt strategies in seabirds

ES Bridge - Mar Ornithol, 2006‏ - marineornithology.org
This review formally tests several widely held assumptions regarding the evolution of
molting strategies. I performed an extensive literature review of molt in seabirds, extracting …

A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history

SJ Hackett, RT Kimball, S Reddy, RCK Bowie… - science, 2008‏ - science.org
Deep avian evolutionary relationships have been difficult to resolve as a result of a putative
explosive radiation. Our study examined∼ 32 kilobases of aligned nuclear DNA sequences …

Paleogene fossil birds

G Mayr, Mayr - 2009‏ - Springer
The first edition of this book was written at a time when comprehensive analyses of
molecular sequence data just began to provide a robust framework for the interrelationships …

[کتاب][B] Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia

C Robson - 2020‏ - books.google.com
This is the first-time flexi-cover edition of this classic field guide, which is the definitive
volume on the region's birdlife. This award-winning book, which was first published in 2000 …

Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils

PGP Ericson, CL Anderson, T Britton… - Biology …, 2006‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Patterns of diversification and timing of evolution within Neoaves, which includes almost
95% of all bird species, are virtually unknown. On the other hand, molecular data …

Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion

BC Livezey, RL Zusi - Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 2007‏ - academic.oup.com
In recent years, avian systematics has been characterized by a diminished reliance on
morphological cladistics of modern taxa, intensive palaeornithogical research stimulated by …

[کتاب][B] Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds

L Christidis, W Boles - 2008‏ - books.google.com
Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds presents an up-to-date classification of
Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of …

Early origin of sweet perception in the songbird radiation

Y Toda, MC Ko, Q Liang, ET Miller, A Rico-Guevara… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Early events in the evolutionary history of a clade can shape the sensory systems of
descendant lineages. Although the avian ancestor may not have had a sweet receptor, the …