Ecological plasticity by morphological design reduces costs of subordination: Influence on species distribution

Oecologia

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 603-607

  Moreno, Eulalia ^a,b   Barluenga, Marta ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecomorphology; Feeding behaviour; Tits

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLASTICITY;

PARUS;

EID: 0034862816     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100676     Document Type: Article

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