Avian wings can lengthen rather than shorten in response to increased migratory predation danger

Increasing predation danger can select for safety‐enhancing modifications to prey morphology. Here, we document the multi‐decade wing lengthening of a Pacific flyway migrant, the western sandpiper (Calidris mauri), and contrast this with contemporaneous wing shortening of the closely related semipal...

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Autores principales: Ydenberg, Ronald C., Fernández, Guillermo, Ortiz Lopez, Enver, Lank, David B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37492461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10325

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37492461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10325

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