Testing alternative mechanisms of evolutionary divergence in an African rain forest passerine bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-268

  Smith, T B ^a   Calsbeek, R ^a   Wayne, R K ^a   Holder, K H ^b   Pires, D ^a   Bardeleben, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Little Greenbul; Allopatry; Diversification; Ecological speciation; Parapatry

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; PARAPATRY; PASSERINE; RAINFOREST;

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PASSERIFORMES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ANDROPADUS VIRENS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 14844357905     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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