Female, but not male, tropical sparrows respond more strongly to the local song dialect: Implications for population divergence

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-63

  Danner, Julie E ^a   Danner, Raymond M ^a   Bonier, Frances ^a,b   Martin, Paul R ^b   Small, Thomas W ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female choice; Reproductive isolation; Song dialects; Tropics; Zonotrichia capensis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; DIVERGENCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SONG; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRITORIALITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 79959306394     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660283     Document Type: Article

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