Ontogenetic niche shifts in dinosaurs influenced size, diversity and extinction in terrestrial vertebrates

Given the physiological limits to egg size, large-bodied non-avian dinosaurs experienced some of the most extreme shifts in size during postnatal ontogeny found in terrestrial vertebrate systems. In contrast, mammals—the other dominant vertebrate group since the Mesozoic—have less complex ontogenies...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biology letters (2005) 2012-08, Vol.8 (4), p.620-623
Hauptverfasser:	Codron, Daryl, Carbone, Chris, Müller, Dennis W. H., Clauss, Marcus
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allometry Animals Body Mass Body Size Competitive Behavior - physiology Computer Simulation Dinosaurs - anatomy & histology Dinosaurs - physiology Ecosystem Evolutionary Biology Extinction, Biological Fossils Genetic Fitness Mammals - anatomy & histology Mammals - physiology Mesozoic Vertebrates Models, Biological Population Density Population Dynamics Size-Specific Competition
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