Hybridization between Townsend's Dendroica townsendi and black-throated green warblers D. virens in an avian suture zone

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 434-446

  Toews, David P L ^a   Brelsford, Alan ^a   Irwin, Darren E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOMARKER; CLINE; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SONGBIRD; SUTURE ZONE; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

AVES; DENDROICA OCCIDENTALIS; DENDROICA TOWNSENDI; DENDROICA VIRENS;

EID: 80052545953     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05360.x     Document Type: Article

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