Force-velocity trade-off in Darwin's finch jaw function: A biomechanical basis for ecological speciation?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Podos, Jeffrey ^b   Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^c   Hendry, Andrew P ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird; Bite force; Feeding; Song

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA CRUZ [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 58349108476     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01494.x     Document Type: Article

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