Limited genetic differentiation between acoustically divergent populations of urban and rural silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 381-391

  Potvin, Dominique A ^a   Parris, Kirsten M ^a   Mulder, Raoul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Population genetics; Silvereye; Urbanization; Zosterops lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACOUSTICS; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RURAL AREA; SONG; URBAN AREA; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; SILVEREYES; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 84873732885     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-012-9591-1     Document Type: Article

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