Heat Loss May Explain Bill Size Differences between Birds Occupying Different Habitats

Russell Greenberg; Viviana Cadena; Raymond M. Danner; Glenn Tattersall

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040933

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Heat Loss May Explain Bill Size Differences between Birds Occupying Different Habitats

Russell Greenberg ,

* E-mail: greenbergr@si.edu

Affiliation Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Viviana Cadena,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Raymond M. Danner,

Affiliations Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, United States of America, Avian Ecology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Glenn Tattersall

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Heat Loss May Explain Bill Size Differences between Birds Occupying Different Habitats

Russell Greenberg,
Viviana Cadena,
Raymond M. Danner,
Glenn Tattersall

Published: July 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040933

About the Authors

Russell Greenberg

* E-mail: greenbergr@si.edu

Affiliation Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, United States of America

Viviana Cadena

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Raymond M. Danner

Affiliations Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, United States of America, Avian Ecology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Glenn Tattersall

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG RMD VC GT. Performed the experiments: VC RMD RG. Analyzed the data: RG RMD VC GT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG VC. Wrote the paper: RG RMD VC GT.

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