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Morphological shifts consistent with the island syndrome in land-bridge island birds

2026-06-14

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Land-bridge islands are former mainland areas isolated by post-glacial sea-level rise (<15,000 years) and the most common island type. Because of their recurrent connectivity with continents, it is unclear whether species on land-bridge islands can undergo evolutionary changes associated with the more isolated oceanic islands (‘island syndrome’). Here, we test the hypothesis that the selective environment on land-...

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DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.11.731573

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