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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:15, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

4 References

Hi Nick - you might want to move these references to the hummingbird page so that more users can see what you propose. The last reference doesn't look like it will be as valuable as something more general, so you might leave that as a last choice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evol&Glass (talk • contribs) 18:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

My topic is sexual size dimorphism in hummingbirds, Here are my 4 references:

Reference #1: Temeles, E, Miller, J, Rifkin, J. 2010. Evolution of sexual dimorphism in bill size and shape of hermit hummingbirds (Phaethornithinae): a role for ecological causation. The Royal Society. 365: 1053-1063.

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezp.slu.edu/eds/command/detail?sid=b95abdf9-4b45-4e8a-8faf-e3c3f2e59051%40sessionmgr115&vid=5&hid=117

Reference #2: Berns, C, Adams, D. 2012. Becoming Different But Staying Alike: Patterns of Sexual Size and Shape Dimorphism in Bills of Hummingbirds. Evol Biol. 40: 246-260.

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezp.slu.edu/eds/command/detail?sid=b95abdf9-4b45-4e8a-8faf-e3c3f2e59051%40sessionmgr115&vid=11&hid=117

Reference #3: De Lisle, S, Rowe, L. 2013. Correlated Evolution of Allometry and Sexual Dimorphism across Higher Taxa. The American Naturalist. 182: 630-640.

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezp.slu.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=b95abdf9-4b45-4e8a-8faf-e3c3f2e59051%40sessionmgr115&vid=17&hid=117

Reference #4: Colwell, R. 2000. Rensch’s Rule Crosses the Line: Convergent Allometry of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Hummingbirds and Flower Mites. The American Naturalist. 156: 495-511.

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezp.slu.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=b95abdf9-4b45-4e8a-8faf-e3c3f2e59051%40sessionmgr115&vid=19&hid=117

Weightedswim94 (talk) 01:26, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Updates

The URL for the article I am updating is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird#Diet_and_specializations_for_food_gathering

The text I added for the source edit is:

A study by Temeles, Rifkin, and Miller asserted that these differences also varied with the sex of the hermit hummingbirds. Females tended to have longer more curved bills while those of the males. This study showed that sexual dimorphism can cause different sexes to have differing abilities of acquiring their food.

I referenced the study done by Temples, Rifkin, and Miller. Weightedswim94 (talk) 01:59, 28 September 2015 (UTC)