Song divergence at the edge of Amazonia: An empirical test of the peripatric speciation model

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-188

  Seddon, Nathalie ^a,b   Tobias, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antbirds; Geographical variation; Peripatry; Song; Suboscine birds

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LEARNING; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SIGNALING; SONG; SONGBIRD;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MYRMECIZA HEMIMELAENA; PASSERI; TYRANNI;

EID: 33846184100     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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