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Claim · model-written summary

Geographic replacement of one Heliconia species by the other was followed by floral dimorphism matching male and female bills.

Taxon: HeliconiaHeliconiae0
Interactor: Heliconia speciesHeliconiae0other
Outcome: floral dimorphisme0

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“a geographic replacement of one Heliconia species by the other and the subsequent development of a floral dimorphism, with one floral morph matching the bills of males and the other of females”
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Title

Evidence for Ecological Causation of Sexual Dimorphism in a Hummingbird

Ethan J. Temeles; Irvin L. Pan; Jillian L. Brennan; et al. Science 2000. doi:10.1126/science.289.5478.441

Other claims from this paper (2)

Observation Two Heliconia species have flowers corresponding to male or female purple-throated carib bills.
Observation The two Heliconia species have a sole pollinator, the purple-throated carib.

Heliconiaceae 1 claim

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