Shrinking dinosaurs and the evolution of endothermy in birds

Dinosaur Macroevolution and Macroecology

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Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching

(2018) Zixiao Yang et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Cope's rule and the adaptive landscape of dinosaur body size evolution

(2017) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

The wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents

(2016) T. Alexander Dececchi et al.   PeerJ

Evolution of dinosaur epidermal structures: Figure 1.

(2015) Paul M. Barrett et al.   Biology Letters

Thermoregulation in endotherms: physiological principles and ecological consequences

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Metabolic heat production and thermal conductance are mass-independent adaptations to thermal environment in birds and mammals

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On Dinosaur Growth

(2014) Gregory M. Erickson   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

HIGH RATES OF EVOLUTION PRECEDED THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS

(2014) Mark N. Puttick et al.   EVOLUTION

Niche filling slows the diversification of Himalayan songbirds

(2014) Trevor D. Price et al.   NATURE

The origins of crown group birds: molecules and fossils

(2014) Gerald Mayr   PALAEONTOLOGY

Allometries of Maximum Growth Rate versus Body Mass at Maximum Growth Indicate That Non-Avian Dinosaurs Had Growth Rates Typical of Fast Growing Ectothermic Sauropsids

(2014) Jan Werner et al.   PLoS One

An integrative approach to understanding bird origins

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Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

(2014) J. M. Grady et al.   SCIENCE

Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds

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Rates of Dinosaur Body Mass Evolution Indicate 170 Million Years of Sustained Ecological Innovation on the Avian Stem Lineage

(2014) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

BODY AND LIMB SIZE DISSOCIATION AT THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS: UNCOUPLING ALLOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS ACROSS A MACROEVOLUTIONARY TRANSITION

(2013) T. Alexander Dececchi et al.   EVOLUTION

Maximal Aerobic and Anaerobic Power Generation in Large Crocodiles versus Mammals: Implications for Dinosaur Gigantothermy

(2013) Roger S. Seymour   PLoS One

Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins

(2012) D. K. Zelenitsky et al.   SCIENCE

Air-filled postcranial bones in theropod dinosaurs: physiological implications and the ‘reptile’-bird transition

(2011) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Using new tools to solve an old problem: the evolution of endothermy in vertebrates

(2011) Roberto F. Nespolo et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Temperature, metabolic power and the evolution of endothermy

(2010) Andrew Clarke et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism

(2010) P. Martin Sander et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx

(2009) Gregory M. Erickson et al.   PLoS One

Resources and energetics determined dinosaur maximal size

(2009) B. K. McNab   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH SUMMIT METABOLISM AND COLD TOLERANCE IN BIRDS AND ITS IMPACT ON PRESENT-DAY DISTRIBUTIONS

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