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Is Beak Morphology in Darwin’s Finches Tuned to Loading Demands?
One of nature's premier illustrations of adaptive evolution concerns the tight correspondence in birds between beak morphology and feeding behavior. In seed-crushing birds, beaks have been suggested to evolve at least in part to avoid fracture. Yet, we know little about mechanical relationships...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26068929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129479 |