Evolution of bite force in Darwin's finches: A key role for head width

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 669-675

  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

Beak morphology; Bite force; Darwin's finches; Feeding; Performance

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECUADOR; FINCH; GENETIC SELECTION; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECUADOR; FINCHES; HEAD; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 18544390847     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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