Exploring possible human influences on the evolution of Darwin's finches

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2258-2272

  de León, Luis Fernando ^a,b   Raeymaekers, Joost A M ^c   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b   Podos, Jeffrey ^d   Herrel, Anthony ^e   Hendry, Andrew P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Contemporary evolution; Diversification; Ecological speciation; Gal pagos; Human impact

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ASSORTATIVE MATING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FINCH; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUNLIGHT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FINCHES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUNLIGHT;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS;

EID: 79960847687     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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