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Dramatic niche shifts and morphological change in two insular bird species

Colonizations of islands are often associated with rapid morphological divergence. We present two previously unrecognized cases of dramatic morphological change and niche shifts in connection with colonization of tropical forest-covered islands. These evolutionary changes have concealed the fact tha...

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Autores principales: Alström, Per, Jønsson, Knud A., Fjeldså, Jon, Ödeen, Anders, Ericson, Per G. P., Irestedt, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140364