Differing effects of isolation on evolution of bird songs: Examples from an island-mainland comparison of three species

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 331-342

  Baker, Myron C ^a,b   Baker, Merrill S A ^b   Tilghman, Laura M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Founder effect; Gerygone; Lichenostomus; Passerines; Petroica; Sexual selection; Songbirds; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ISLAND; ISOLATED POPULATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; ROTTNEST ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; GERYGONE; LICHENOSTOMUS; PASSERI; PETROICA;

EID: 33748808420     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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