Species status of the red-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius assimilis): Implications for ecological, morphological, and behavioral evolution in agelaius

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-94

  Barker, F Keith ^a   Vandergon, Arion J ^a,b   Lanyon, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius assimilis; Comparative analysis; Parallelism; Polygyny; Red shouldered Blackbird; Reversal

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYGYNY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS ASSIMILIS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 66149181225     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.87     Document Type: Article

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