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Mega-evolutionary dynamics of the adaptive radiation of birds.
Nature - 16 Feb 2017
Cooney Christopher R, Bright Jen A, Capp Elliot J R, Chira Angela M, Hughes Emma C, Moody Christopher J A, Nouri Lara O, Varley Zoë K, Thomas Gavin H
Abstract excerpt
The origin and expansion of biological diversity is regulated by both developmental trajectories and limits on available ecological niches. As lineages diversify, an early and often rapid phase of species and trait proliferation gives way to evolutionary slow-downs as new species pack into ever more densely occupied regions of ecological niche space. Small clades such as Darwin's finches demonstrate that natural...
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