The latitudinal gradient in hand-wing-index: global patterns and predictors of wing morphology in birds
C. Sheard, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, N. Alioravainen, S. E. I. Jones, C. Vincent, H. E. A. MacGregor, T. P. Bregman, S. Claramunt, J. A. Tobias
The paper presents a global dataset of avian hand-wing index (HWI) and shows it correlates with latitude, migration, and temperature variability, providing a dispersal ability index for ecological studies.
bioRxiv · Oct 24, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology