Corsican finches have less pointed wings than their migratory congeners on the mainland

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 203-213

  Forschler M I ^a,b   Siebenrock, K H ^a   Coppack, T ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Carduelis citrinella; Carduelis corsicanus; Insular syndrome; Morphology; Niche expansion; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; DIVERGENCE; FLIGHT; HABITAT QUALITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MORPHOMETRY; NICHE PARTITIONING; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; CARDUELIS; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 67349183766     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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