Latitudinal variation in subspecific diversification of birds

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2775-2788

  Martin, Paul R ^a,b,c   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Yanayacu Biological Station   (Ecuador)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Latitude; Latitudinal gradients; Population differentiation; Speciation; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES;

EID: 54949090431     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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