HYBRIDIZATION IN CHICKADEES: MUCH TO LEARN FROM FAMILIAR BIRDS

The parapatrically distributed Black-caped Chikadee and Carolina Chikadee have long been known to hybridize, but their contact zone has only recently been sufficiently well studied to yield basic understanding of important patterns and processes. Here, Curry highlights the research of Bronson et al,...

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Published in:The Auk 2005-07, Vol.122 (3), p.747-758
Main Author: Curry, Robert L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bird nesting
Bird songs
Birds
Female animals
Genetic hybridization
Hybridity
Hybridization
Male animals
Mating behavior
Mitochondrial DNA
Ornithology
OVERVIEW
Reproductive success
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Summary:The parapatrically distributed Black-caped Chikadee and Carolina Chikadee have long been known to hybridize, but their contact zone has only recently been sufficiently well studied to yield basic understanding of important patterns and processes. Here, Curry highlights the research of Bronson et al, which has established a solid foundation on which future studies addressing a wide variety of questions about chickadee biology in particular, and avian hybridization in general, can be based.
ISSN:0004-8038
1938-4254
2732-4613
DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0747:HICMTL]2.0.CO;2