LEADER 04364nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910819790403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613405227 010 $a9781283405225 010 $a1283405229 010 $a9781119990451 010 $a1119990459 010 $a9781119990475 010 $a1119990475 035 $a(CKB)3460000000003394 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000477423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11326952 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000477423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10512378 035 $a(PQKB)10142017 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3058540 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3058540 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10510272 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL340522 035 $a(OCoLC)922975795 035 $a(PPN)226202585 035 $a(Perlego)2763283 035 $a(EXLCZ)993460000000003394 100 $a20101101d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLiving dinosaurs $ethe evolutionary history of modern birds /$fedited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aHoboken, NJ $cWiley-Blackwell$d2011 215 $axv, 422 p. $cill., maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780470656662 311 08$a0470656662 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 8 $aLiving Dinosaurs offers a snapshot of our current understanding of the origin and evolution of birds. After slumbering for more than a century, avian palaeontology has been awakened by startling new discoveries on almost every continent. Controversies about whether dinosaurs had real feathers or whether birds were related to dinosaurs have been swept away and replaced by new and more difficult questions: How old is the avian lineage? How did birds learn to fly? Which birds survived the great extinction that ended the Mesozoic Era and how did the avian genome evolve? Answers to these questions may help us understand how the different kinds of living birds are related to one another and how they evolved into their current niches. More importantly, they may help us understand what we need to do to help them survive the dramatic impacts of human activity on the planet. 606 $aBirds$xEvolution 606 $aPaleobiology 615 0$aBirds$xEvolution. 615 0$aPaleobiology. 676 $a598.13/8 701 $aDyke$b Gareth$01684765 701 $aKaiser$b Gary W$01644072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819790403321 996 $aLiving dinosaurs$94081798 997 $aUNINA