Geographical differentiation, acoustic adaptation and species boundaries in mainland citril finches and insular Corsican finches, superspecies Carduelis [citrinella]

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1591-1600

  Förschler, Marc Imanuel ^a,b   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Acoustic adaptation; Carduelis citrinella; Carduelis corsicanus; Citril finch; Corsican finch; Island population; Pre mating isolation; Speciation; Species recognition; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; NEW SPECIES; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SUBPOPULATION;

AVES; CARDUELIS; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 34548135220     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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