Positive feedback between ecological and reproductive character displacement in a young avian hybrid zone

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1167-1179

  Vallin, Niclas ^a,b   Rice, Amber M ^b   Bailey, Richard I ^c   Husby, Arild ^a   Qvarnström, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collared flycatcher; Ecological character displacement; Pied flycatcher; Reinforcement; Reproductive character displacement; Sexual isolation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLOR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HYBRID; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN; SYMPATRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SONGBIRDS; SWEDEN; SYMPATRY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; FICEDULA;

EID: 84859438265     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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