Work

Appraising the brain's energy budget

Year: 2002

Type: review

Abstract: Adaptive radiations—species descended from a common ancestor that are adapted to a wide variety of ecological niches—occur frequently on remote islands where a colonist finds few competitors in an unexploited ecological landscape. We examined ...We investigated whether celebrated cases of evolutionary radiations of passerine birds on islands have produced exceptional morphological diversity relative to comparable-aged radiations globally. Based on eight external measurements, we calculated the ...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.172399499

Authors: Marcus E. Raichle, Debra A. Gusnard

Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2101967150

FWCI: 0.838

Cites: 37

Cited by: 938

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