Resource stability and geographic isolation are associated with genome divergence in western Palearctic crossbills
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DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13367
Abstract: While many conifers produce annually variable seed crops, serotinous species (which hold seeds in cones for multiple years) represent unusually stable food resources for seed predators. Such stability is conducive to residency and potentially population… read more here.
Keywords: resource stability; divergence; seed; geographic isolation ... See more keywords