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Vocal communications and the maintenance of population specific songs in a contact zone.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Rowell Jonathan T, Servedio Maria R
Abstract excerpt
Bird song has been hypothesized to play a role in several important aspects of the biology of songbirds, including the generation of taxonomic diversity by speciation; however, the role that song plays in speciation within this group may be dependent upon the ability of populations to maintain population specific songs or calls in the face of gene flow and external cultural influences. Here, in an exploratory...
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