Direct quantification of skeletal pneumaticity illuminates ecological drivers of a key avian trait
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0160
Abstract: Skeletal pneumaticity is a key feature of extant avian structure and biology, which first evolved among the non-flying archosaurian ancestors of birds. The widespread presence of air-filled bones across the postcranial skeleton is unique to… read more here.
Keywords: direct quantification; pneumaticity illuminates; pneumaticity; skeletal pneumaticity ... See more keywords
Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in non‐aquatic neoavians: Insights from accipitrimorphae
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DOI: 10.1111/joa.13742
Abstract: Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity, air‐filled bones of the trunk and limbs, is exclusive to birds among extant tetrapods and exhibits significant variation in its expression among different species. Such variation is not random but exhibits relationships… read more here.
Keywords: pneumaticity; body mass; non aquatic; postcranial skeletal ... See more keywords