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Trophic niche shifts and phenotypic trait evolution are largely decoupled in Australasian parrots.
BMC ecology and evolution - 27 Nov 2021
García-Navas Vicente, Tobias Joseph A, Schweizer Manuel, Wegmann Daniel, Schodde Richard, Norman Janette A, Christidis Les
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BACKGROUND: Trophic shifts from one dietary niche to another have played major roles in reshaping the evolutionary trajectories of a wide range of vertebrate groups, yet their consequences for morphological disparity and species diversity differ among groups. METHODS: Here, we use phylogenetic comparative methods to examine whether the evolution of nectarivory and other trophic shifts have driven predictable...
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