"Finches" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Common name for small PASSERIFORMES in the family Fringillidae. They have a short stout bill (BEAK) adapted for crushing SEEDS. Some species of Old World finches are called CANARIES.
| Descriptor ID |
D046369
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248.620.750.250
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Finches" by people in Profiles.
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Learning in the time of COVID: insights from the zebra finch - a social vocal-learner. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2021 06; 68:84-90.
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Contribution by vertebrates to seed dispersal effectiveness in the Galápagos Islands: a community-wide approach. Ecology. 2017 Aug; 98(8):2049-2058.