Bite performance and morphology in a population of Darwin's finches: Implications for the evolution of beak shape

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-48

  Herrel, A ^a   Podos, J ^b   Huber, S K ^b   Hendry, A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Bite force; Feeding; Gal pagos; Morphology; Performance

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; SELECTION;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA CRUZ [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS;

EID: 16844378972     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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