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Evolution of body morphology and beak shape revealed by a morphometric analysis of 14 Paridae species
BACKGROUND: Morphological characters of birds reflect their adaptive evolution and ecological requirements and are also relevant to phylogenetic relationships within a group of related species. The tits (Paridae) are known to be outwardly homogeneous in shape, with one aberrant member, the Ground Ti...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0162-0 |