Assessing arboreal adaptations of bird antecedents: testing the ecological setting of the origin of the avian flight stroke.

The origin of avian flight is a classic macroevolutionary transition with research spanning over a century. Two competing models explaining this locomotory transition have been discussed for decades: ground up versus trees down. Although it is impossible to directly test either of these theories, it...

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Main Authors: T Alexander Dececchi, Hans C E Larsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21857918/pdf/?tool=EBI