Colonization of islands by ecologically dissimilar species of birds
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 47 (1) , 41-43
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z69-009
Abstract
A large difference in bill length, and presumably feeding ecology as well, characterizes sympatric congeneric species of birds on islands of the West Indies. This is attributable more to a large initial difference between the colonists than to divergence in the island environment.Keywords
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