Adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches: Recent data help explain how this famous group of Galápagos birds evolved, although gaps in our understanding remain

American Scientist

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-139

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; EVOLUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ECUADOR;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 0036501720     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2002.2.130     Document Type: Article

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