Avian subspecies

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Ornithologists' Union
Other Authors: Winker, Kevin (Editor), Haig, Susan M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC American Ornithologists' Union 2010
Series:Ornithological Monographs
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Collection: BioOne Book Series - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Frances C. James
  • Subspecies represent geographically partitioned variation, a gold mine of evolutionary biology, and a challenge for conservation / Kevin Winker
  • Avian subspecies and the U.S. Endangered Species Act / Susan M. Haig and Jesse D'Elia
  • Null expectations in subspecies diagnosis / Michael A. Patten
  • Subspecies origination and extinction in birds / Albert B. Phillimore
  • Subspecies are for convenience / John W. Fitzpatrick
  • Subspecies as a meaningful taxonomic rank in avian classification / J.V. Remsen, Jr.
  • Revisiting species and subspecies of island birds for a better assessment of biodiversity / H. Douglas Pratt
  • Phylogeography and adaptive plumage evolution in Central American subspecies of the Slate-throated redstart (Myioborus miniatus) / Jorge L. Perez-Eman, Ronald L. Mumme, and Piotr G. Jablonski
  • The significance of subspecies : a case study of Sage sparrows (Emberizidae, Amphispiza belli) / Carla Cicero
  • Rapid evolution in Lekking grouse : implications for taxonomic definitions / Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Judy St. John, and Thomas W. Quinn
  • Quantifying subspecies analysis : a case study of morphometric variation and subspecies in the Woodcreeper genus Dendrocolaptes / Curtis A. Marantz and Michael A. Patten
  • Ecogeographic variation in Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) along elevational and latitudinal gradients / Robert E. Wilson, Thomas H. Valqui, and Kevin G. McCracken
  • Alaska song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) demonstrate that genetic marker and method of analysis matter in subspecies assessments / Christin L. Pruett and Kevin Winker
  • Avian subspecies : summary and prospectus / Susan M. Haig and Kevin Winker.