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Global patterns of plumage color evolution in island-living passeriform birds.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2023
Oud Madison D, Mahoney Sean M, Pageau Claudie, de Menezes Marcio Argollo, Smith Nathan, Briskie James V, Reudink Matthew W
Abstract excerpt
Island environments have the potential to change evolutionary trajectories of morphological traits in species relative to their mainland counterparts due to habitat and resource differences, or by reductions in the intensity of social or sexual selection. Latitude, island size, and isolation may further influence trait evolution through biases in colonization rates. We used a global dataset of passerine plumage...
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