A randomized nearest-neighbor approach for assessment of character displacement: The vulture guild as a model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-61

  Hertel, Fritz ^a   Lehman, Niles ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR ANALYSIS; VULTURE;

ARTICLE; BEAK; BIRD; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; CATHARTIDAE;

EID: 0032491852     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0531     Document Type: Article

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