Uniform phenotype conceals double colonization by reed-warblers of a remote Pacific archipelago

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1150-1166

  Cibois, Alice ^a   Thibault, Jean Claude ^b   Pasquet, Eric ^c,d  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b Parc Naturel Régional de Corse ^*  (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acrocephalidae; Adaptive radiation; Convergent evolution; Island biogeography; Island evolution; Morphological evolution; mtDNA; Phylogeny; Polynesia; Reed warblers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARCHIPELAGO; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLUMAGE; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FRENCH POLYNESIA; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS MENDANAE;

EID: 34250778420     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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