Once More About Origin of Birds and Flight: “Cursorial” or “Arboreal”?

• Veröffentlicht in: Вестник зоологии
• Datum: 2007
• 1. Verfasser: Bogdanovich, A.I.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Інститут зоології ім. І.І. Шмальгаузена НАН України 2007
• Schlagworte: Краткие сообщения
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/65256
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: Once More About Origin of Birds and Flight: “Cursorial” or “Arboreal”? / A.I. Bogdanovich // Вестник зоологии. — 2007. — Т. 41, № 3. — С. 283–284. — Бібліогр.: 14 назв. — англ

Despite the long-time history of studies of origin and early evolution of the birds, some issues remain open. One of them is the evolutional reasons for the hallux reversion in the bird foot. Some functional sequences of such hallux orientation and its possible importance in evolution of birds are s...