Biogeographical basis of recent phenotypic divergence among birds: A global study of subspecies richness

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 942-957

  Phillimore, Albert B ^a   Orme, C David L ^a   Davies, Richard G ^b   Hadfield, Jarrod D ^b   Reed, William J ^c   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Freckleton, Robert P ^b   Owens, Ian P F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Divergence; Extinction; Islands; Range size; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; BREEDING; DIVERGENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE SIZE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 34047207829     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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