Evolution of sexual dimorphism in bill size and shape of hermit hummingbirds (Phaethornithinae): A role for ecological causation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1543, 2010, Pages 1053-1063

  Temeles, Ethan J ^a   Miller, Jill S ^a   Rifkin, Joanna L ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Foraging; Hummingbird; Resource partitioning; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEVOLUTION; FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENETICS; RESOURCE USE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

EUTOXERES; GLAUCIS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 77950804788     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0284     Document Type: Article

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