Geographical variation in song frequency and structure: the effects of vicariant isolation, habitat type and body size

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1573-1583

  Koetz, Anna H ^a   Westcott, David A ^b   Congdon, Bradley C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

bird song; chowchilla; culture; drift; isolation; Orthonyx spaldingii; selection; song variation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT TYPE; PASSERINE; PLEISTOCENE; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGIUM; SELECTION; SONG; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; ORTHONYX SPALDINGII;

EID: 35748975437     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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