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