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The Dominance of Zoophagous Birds: Just a Cliché?

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It has been suggested that in South American ecosystems during Cenozoic times, carnivorous birds were hegemonic not only over any other trophic avian guild but also over other vertebrate carnivorous groups (Tambussi 2011 and the literature cited therein). To investigate this, we have chosen to dissect the avian fossil record to determine whether this assumption fits with the available data.

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    Claudia P. Tambussi

  2. CICTERRA/CONICET-UNC, Av. Vélez Sársfield 299, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina

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Tambussi, C.P., Degrange, F.J. (2013). The Dominance of Zoophagous Birds: Just a Cliché?. In: South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5467-6_8

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