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ArticleScientific reports2017

Bone histology sheds new light on the ecology of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus, Aves, Columbiformes).

D Angst, A Chinsamy, L Steel, J P Hume

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Identifying medullary bone in extinct avemetatarsalians: challenges, implications and perspectives.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

D AngstDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rhodes Gift, 7701, South Africa. angst.delphine@gmail.com.
A ChinsamyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rhodes Gift, 7701, South Africa.
L SteelDepartment of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
J P HumeBird Group, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Akeman Street, Tring, Herts, HP23 6AP, United Kingdom.
Natural History Museum · GBUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dodo, Raphus cucullatus, a flightless pigeon endemic to Mauritius, became extinct during the 17

Indexed as

Extinction, BiologicalAnimalsBone and BonesBreedingColumbiformesMoltingSeasons

Identifiers

PMID28839147
PMCPMC5570941
OpenAlexW2743809040

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