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. 2012 Jul 3;109(27):10747-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1207932109. Epub 2012 Jun 14.

Lifestyles and phylogeny explain bird life histories

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Lifestyles and phylogeny explain bird life histories

F Stephen Dobson. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Stylized phylogram of the birds, with silhouettes representing different Orders. The open branches are to Orders with especially low reproductive rates for their body size (i.e., low relative productivity), with examples of species (hummingbirds, petrels) labeled. The solid branches are Orders with especially high productivity, and other orders (shaded branches) show middling productivity.

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  • Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds.
    Sibly RM, Witt CC, Wright NA, Venditti C, Jetz W, Brown JH. Sibly RM, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 3;109(27):10937-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206512109. Epub 2012 May 21. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. PMID: 22615391 Free PMC article.

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