The allopatric phase of speciation: The sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) on the Galapagos islands

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-317

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^a   Petren, Kenneth ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beak shape vocalizations; Chance; Cultural evolution; Hybridization; Microsatellite DNA; Phylogeny; Pre mating isolation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOPATRY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

CANIS; GEOSPIZA DIFFICILIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0033841196     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0382     Document Type: Article

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