Exploration and ecology in Darwin's finches

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-605

  Tebbich, Sabine ^a,b,c   Fessl, Birgit ^a   Blomqvist, Donald ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Correlated evolution; Ecological conditions; Exploratory behaviour; Neophilia

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SONGBIRD;

FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 70349660249     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-008-9257-1     Document Type: Article

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