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Digest: Ecological and life-history drivers of avian skull evolution

Published:2023-09-19 Issue:11 Volume:77 Page:2530-2531
ISSN:0014-3820
Container-title:Evolution
language:en
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Author:

Tanda Madeleine¹^ORCID,Deal Ethan²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL , United States

2. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Science and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire , Durham, NH , United States

Abstract

Abstract What are the factors that drive the patterns and evolutionary rates of morphological characteristics? To answer this question, Hunt et al. explore shape variation and rates of change in modern avian skulls using morphometric measurements and phylogenetic analyses. They find that habitat density and migration have the strongest influences on avian skull variation and that denser habitats, longer migratory distances, and precocial developmental modes are all associated with faster rates of morphological evolution.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Genetics,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpad165/51801203/qpad165.pdf

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