Michael B. Habib

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E-Mail: HABIB(at)jhmi.edu
Phone: 443-287-3904

1830 E. Monument St., Room 306
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA





  • Education:


  • M.S., Biology, University of Virginia, 2004
    B.A., Biology, University of Virginia, 2001

  • Research Focuses:
  • avian biomechanics
    vertebrate flight
    phylogenetic comparative methods
    phylogenetic/stratigraphic congruence

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  • Curriculum Vitae:
  • Available upon REQUEST

  • Publications and Abstracts:
  • Habib, M. in press. Comparative evidence for quadrapedal launch in pterosaurs. Zitteliana

    Habib, M. and C. B. Ruff. 2008. The effects of locomotion on the structural characteristics of avian limb bones. Zoo. J. Linn. Soc. 153:601-624

    Habib, M. 2007. Predicting wing shape and flight dynamics from osteological structures in birds and pterosaurs. J. Vert. Paleontol. 27:85A. (abstract)

    Habib, M. 2007. Structural characteristics of the humerus of Bennettazhia oregonensis and their implications for specimen diagnosis and azhdarchoid biomechanics. Flugsaurier: The Wellnhofer Pterosaur Meeting (abstract)

    Habib, M. 2006. Flight performance of giant pseudodontorn birds. The Ecphora Miscellaneous Publications: The Geology and Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs 1:14 (abstract)

    Habib, M., and C. B. Ruff. 2005. Structural characters of the limbs of raptorial birds can predict characteristics of locomotion and predatory behavior. J. Vert. Paleontol. 26:71A. (abstract)

    Habib, M., and C. B. Ruff. 2005. Forelimb to hindlimb structural proportions predict locomotor behavior in birds. J. Vert. Paleontol. 25:66A. (abstract)

    Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P., K. E. Jones, S. A. Price, R. Grenyer, M. Cardillo, M. Habib, A. Purvis, and J. L. Gittleman. 2003. Supertrees are a Necessary Not-So-Evil: A Comment on Gatesy et al. Systematic Biology. 52:724-729.



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  • David Weishampel

               
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