The effects of translocation-induced isolation and fragmentation on the cultural evolution of bird song

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 778-785

  Parker, Kevin A ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^b   Jenkins, Peter F ^c   Brunton, Dianne H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Geographical variation; Habitat fragmentation; Philesturnus rufusater; Song; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FILTER; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SIGNAL; SONG; TRANSLOCATION;

AVES; PHILESTURNUS RUFUSATER;

EID: 84863497156     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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