Spatial decoupling of song and plumage generates novel phenotypes between 2 avian subspecies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1004-1013

  Greig, Emma I ^a   Webster, Michael S ^a  

^a Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural inheritance; differential introgression; Malurus; novel phenotypes; song.

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTROGRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SIGNAL; SONG; SONGBIRD; SUBSPECIES;

AVES; MALURUS; MALURUS MELANOCEPHALUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84879103496     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art005     Document Type: Article

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