A role for ecotones in generating rainforest biodiversity

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5320, 1997, Pages 1855-1857

  Smith, Thomas B ^a,b   Wayne, Robert K ^c   Girman, Derek J ^a,b   Bruford, Michael W ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOTONE; GENE FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; RAINFOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAMEROON; ECOLOGY; FOREST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

EID: 0030879015     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5320.1855     Document Type: Article

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32. We thank the government of the Republic of Cameroon for permission to conduct the field research; J. Endler, M. Kirkpatrick, S. MacLane, C. Mortiz, M. Orr, S. Palumbi, E. Routman, C. Schneider, M. Slatkin, M. Turelli, B. Van Valkenburgh, and J. Carothers for helpful discussion and comments; and B. Larison, D. McNiven, R. Fotso, K. Whitney, M. Kimura, M. Fogiel, T. Robson, R. Zebell, and E. Taylor for assistance with field and laboratory work. The research was supported by the National Geographic Society, NERC grant GR3/8551′A′, the World Wildlife Fund, Royal Society grant 571310.V703, and NSF grant BSR 88-17336.