Clinal variation in vocalizations of an antbird (Thamnophilidae) and implications for defining species limits

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 433-444

  Isler, Morton L ^a   Isler, Phyllis R ^a   Brumfield, Robb T ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinal variation; Hybrid zone; Speciation; Systematics; Thamnophilidae; Thamnophilus caerulescens; Variable Antshrike; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

CLINE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; THAMNOPHILIDAE; THAMNOPHILUS CAERULESCENS;

EID: 18744380721     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0433:CVIVOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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