The tale of the finch: Adaptive radiation and behavioural flexibility

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1543, 2010, Pages 1099-1109

  Tebbich, Sabine ^a   Stereln, Kim ^b,c   Teschke, Irmgard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Flexible stem hypothesis; Innovation; Phenotypic plasticity; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INNOVATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOOL USE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 77950844758     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0291     Document Type: Article

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