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Morphological shifts consistent with the island syndrome in land-bridge island birds
Maarten J K Hoepel, Sebastian Steibl, Martim Melo…·Luís Valente
The paper tests if land-bridge islands drive morphological changes in songbirds similar to oceanic islands, finding consistent trait shifts and increased body size across species.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.11.731573