Adaptation and function of the bills of Darwins finches: Divergence by feeding type and sex

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-47

  Herrel, Anthony ^a,b   Soons, Joris ^b   Aerts, Peter ^b,c   Dirckx, Joris ^b   Boone, Matthieu ^c   Jacobs, Patric ^c   Adriaens, Dominique ^c   Podos, Jeffrey ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Bite force; Finite element modeling; Sexual dimorphism.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 77649301500     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09034     Document Type: Article

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