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Dietary niche and the evolution of cranial morphology in birds

Cranial morphology in birds is thought to be shaped by adaptive evolution for foraging performance. This understanding of ecomorphological evolution is supported by observations of avian island radiations, such as Darwin's finches, which display rapid evolution of skull shape in response to foo...

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Autores principales: Felice, Ryan N., Tobias, Joseph A., Pigot, Alex L., Goswami, Anjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6408879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30963827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2677