Darwin's finches and their diet niches: The sympatric coexistence of imperfect generalists

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1093-1104

  De Leon L F ^a,b   Podos, J ^c   Gardezi, T ^b   Herrel, A ^d   Hendry, A P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ecological speciation; G eospiza; Gal pagos; Generalist; Ground finches; Niche partitioning; Resource use; Specialist; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEXISTENCE; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; RESOURCE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

ARTHROPODA; FRINGILLIDAE;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMPATRY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINCHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYMPATRY;

EID: 84901640957     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12383     Document Type: Article

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