An assessment of song admixture as an indicator of hybridization in Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) and Carolina Chickadees (P. carolinensis)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 926-944

  Sattler, Gene D ^a,b,c   Sawaya, Patricia ^a   Braun, Michael J ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c LIBERTY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black capped Chickadee; Carolina Chickadee; Hybrid zone; Intermediacy; Introgression; P. carolinensis; Poecile atricapillus; Song admixture

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONG;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PARUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 34547753125     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[926:AAOSAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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