Seasonal migration, speciation, and morphological convergence in the genus Catharus (Turdidae)

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1052-1068

  Winker, Kevin ^a   Pruett, Christin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Catharus; Convergent evolution; Ecological adaptation; Molecular systematics; Nearctic Neotropic migration; Parallel evolution; Species flocks; Thrushes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIFFERENTIATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEARCTIC REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; SEASONALITY; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES FLOCK;

CATHARUS; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; TURDIDAE;

EID: 33750468704     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[1052:SMSAMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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