Cooperate or speciate: New theory for the distribution of passerine birds

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 55-57

  Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Double, Michael C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642569729     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.12.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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