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  1. Occasional cooperative breeding in birds and the robustness of comparative analyses concerning the evolution of cooperative breeding

    Cooperative breeding is a widespread and intense form of cooperation, in which individuals help raise offspring that are not their own. This...

    Michael Griesser, Toshitaka N. Suzuki in Zoological Letters
    Article Open access 28 March 2016

  2. Seasonal Incidence and Diversity Pattern of Avian Communities in the Bangalore University Campus, India

    The present study deals with the species abundance, diversity and species richness of avian communities in the Bangalore University Campus (BUC),...

    S. Rajashekara, M. G. Venkatesha in Proceedings of the Zoological Society
    Article 08 June 2016

  3. Stable morphological types and mosaicism in the macroevolution of birds (Neornithes)

    The apparent morphological lacunae dividing the macrotaxa of modern birds (orders of Neornithes) present a serious impediment to the construction of...

    N. V. Zelenkov in Biology Bulletin Reviews
    Article 01 May 2016

  4. Comparative morphology of the radial carpal bone of neornithine birds and the phylogenetic significance of character variation

    The morphology of the radial carpal bone (os carpi radiale) of neornithine birds is for the first time evaluated in a comparative context. An...

    Gerald Mayr in Zoomorphology
    Article 30 July 2014

  5. GRUIFORMES – KRANICHVÖGEL

    Zu der Ordnung der Kranichvögel (Gruiformes) werden fast 20 Familien gezählt, von denen viele nur durch Fossilien bekannt sind. Es sind kleine bis...
    Peter Bertau in Die Bedeutung historischer Vogelnamen - Nichtsingvögel
    Chapter 2014

  6. Individual Species Accounts

    1 – H. aborensis Warburton, 1913 (Parasitology, 6: 121–130)
    Alberto A. Guglielmone, Richard G. Robbins, ... Ivan G. Horak in The Hard Ticks of the World
    Chapter 2014

  7. Plotting Phylogenies

    Drawing phylogenetic trees has been important for a long time in the study of biological evolution, as illustrated by Darwin’s only figure in his...
    Emmanuel Paradis in Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R
    Chapter 2012

  8. IV SARCOPTERYGII, Fleischflosser

    Unter den rezenten und fossilen Fischen sind die Sarcopterygier durch fleischige Loben an den paarigen Flossen charakterisiert. Fossil gehen sie bis...
    Wilfried Westheide, Gunde Rieger in Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 2: Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere
    Chapter 2015

  9. Selektion und Zufall

    Die allgemeine Evolutionsgeschichte, die wir in der Einleitung rekapituliert haben, lässt sich wissenschaftlich kaum widerlegen. Sie sagt nicht mehr,...
    Jan Zrzavý, Stanislav Mihulka, ... David Storch in Evolution
    Chapter 2013

  10. Complete mitochondrial genome of Otis tarda (Gruiformes: Otididae) and phylogeny of Gruiformes inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

    The complete nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial genome of the Great bustard ( Otis tarda ) was determined by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

    Rong Yang, **aobing Wu, ... Banghe Yang in Molecular Biology Reports
    Article 13 October 2009

  13. Impact Assessment of the Indira Gandhi Canal on the Avifauna of the Thar Desert

    The Thar Desert is one of the smallest deserts in the world. The origin of the Thar is a controversial subject—some scientists consider it to be...
    M. Idris, P. Singh, S. Johari in Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Indian Desert
    Chapter 2009

  14. Multilocus perspectives on the monophyly and phylogeny of the order Charadriiformes (Aves)

    Background

    The phylogeny of shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) and their putative sister groups was reconstructed using approximately 5 kilobases of...

    Matthew G Fain, Peter Houde in BMC Evolutionary Biology
    Article Open access 08 March 2007

  15. The renaissance of avian paleontology and its bearing on the higher-level phylogeny of birds

    Recent phylogenetic analyses provide strong evidence for some previously undetected clades of morphologically very divergent avian groups. Also,...

    Gerald Mayr in Journal of Ornithology
    Article 20 June 2007

  16. SARCOPTERYGII, Fleischflosser

    Unter den rezenten und fossilen Fischen sind die Sarcopterygier durch fleischige Loben an den paarigen Flossen charakterisiert. Fossil gehen sie bis...
    Hans-Peter Schultze in Spezielle Zoologie
    Chapter 2010

  17. Introduction or reintroduction? Last resorts for the latest bird to become extinct in Europe, the Andalusian hemipode Turnix sylvatica sylvatica

    The Andalusian hemipode ( Turnix sylvatica sylvatica ) (Order: Turniciformes, Family: Turnicidae), formerly distributed in several Mediterranean...

    Cino Pertoldi, Juan J. Negro, ... Héctor Garrido in Biodiversity & Conservation
    Article 01 November 2006

  20. A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny

    Background

    Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds) is an ideal model group in which to study a wide range of behavioural, ecological and macroevolutionary...

    Gavin H Thomas, Matthew A Wills, Tamás Székely in BMC Evolutionary Biology
    Article Open access 24 August 2004
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