Diversification across an altitudinal gradient in the Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fuchs, Jérme ^a,b,d   Fjeldså, Jon ^c   Bowie, Rauri C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIOMETRY; COALESCENCE; GENE FLOW; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; PLUMAGE; RAINFOREST; SONGBIRD;

EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; TANZANIA;

AVES; PHYLLASTREPHUS DEBILIS;

AFRICA; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79955517056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-117     Document Type: Article

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