Understanding selection for long necks in different taxa

@article{Wilkinson2012UnderstandingSF,
  title={Understanding selection for long necks in different taxa},
  author={David M. Wilkinson and Graeme D. Ruxton},
  journal={Biological Reviews},
  year={2012},
  volume={87}
}
There has been recent discussion about the evolutionary pressures underlying the long necks of extant giraffes and extinct sauropod dinosaurs. [...] Key Method We consider the evolution of long necks across a wide range of (both living and extinct) taxa and ask whether there has been a common selective factor or whether each case has a separate explanation. We conclude that in most cases long necks can be explained in terms of foraging requirements, and that alternative explanations in terms of sexual selection…Expand
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