Hybrid songbirds employ intermediate routes in a migratory divide

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1211-1218

  Delmore, Kira E ^a   Irwin, Darren E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Geolocators; Migratory divide; Seasonal migration; Songbird

Indexed keywords

PASSERI;

ANIMAL; CANADA; CHIMERA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CANADA; CHIMERA; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84908243146     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12326     Document Type: Article

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