Effects of size and migratory behavior on the evolution of wing molt in terns (Sternae): A phylogenetic-comparative study

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 841-856

  Bridge, Eli S ^a,f   Voelker, Gary ^a   Thompson, Christopher W ^b   Jones, Andrew W ^c,d,g   Baker, Allan J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Bell Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Comparative studies; Life history evolution; Migration; Molt; Phylogeny; Sternae; Tern

Indexed keywords

COMMON ANCESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOLT; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SIZE EFFECT; WING;

LARIDAE;

EID: 33846329344     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[841:EOSAMB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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