Are correlations between modern animal behavior & metabolism reliable as evidence of dinosaur

Are correlations between modern animal behavior & metabolism reliable as evidence of dinosaur

metabolism?

1. Return to the website ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/endothermy & review hypotheses 5, 6 & 7.

2. What is the problem with using correlations between the modern geographic distribution of animals & metabolism as evidence of dinosaur metabolism? Your textbook (208-9) also addresses this problem.

3. What is the problem with using correlations between modern predator-prey ratios & metabolism as evidence of dinosaur metabolism? See your textbook (210-11) for additional discussion of the problem.

4. What is the problem with using correlations between modern animal blood pressure & metabolism as evidence of dinosaur metabolism? Your textbook (206-7) has illustrations which help explain the problem.