A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1712, 2011, Pages 1713-1720

  Weir, Jason T ^a   Wheatcroft, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Reproductive isolation; Selection; Song length; Syllable diversity

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SONG; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80051645108     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2037     Document Type: Article

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