Habitat-dependent song divergence in the little greenbul: An analysis of environmental selection pressures on acoustic signals

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1849-1858

  Slabbekoorn, Hans ^a,d   Smith, Thomas B ^a,b,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Andropadus virens; Ecotone; Little greenbul; Parapatric speciation; Song divergence; Sound transmission

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIVERGENCE; MATE CHOICE; RAINFOREST; SELECTION; SONG;

(CENTRAL); AFRICA;

ANDROPADUS; ANDROPADUS VIRENS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 0036752877     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00199.x     Document Type: Article

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