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Song as a Possible Reproductive Isolating Mechanism Between Two Parapatric Forms. the Case of the Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus C. Collybita and P. C. Brehmii in the Western Pyrenees

Song as a Possible Reproductive Isolating Mechanism Between Two Parapatric Forms. the Case of the... SONG AS A POSSIBLE REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATING MECHANISM BETWEEN TWO PARAPATRIC FORMS. THE CASE OF THE CHIFFCHAFFS PHYLLOSCOPUS C. COLLYBITA AND P. C. BREHMII IN THE WESTERN PYRENEES by MARC SALOMON1) (Laboratoire de Zoologie (Mammifères-Oiseaux), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France) (With 7 Figures) (Acc 10-IX-1989) Introduction The Iberian form of the chiffchaff P. c. brehmii differs from the European form P. c. collybita mainly by its songs (HOMEYER, 1871; LYNES, 1914) and calls (CHAPPUIS, pers. com. & 1986; SALOMON, 1982, 1987); the two forms meet in the western Pyrenees (THIELCKE & LINSENMAIR, 1963; SALOMON, 1982). Besides a narrow "hybrid" zone, the lack of intergradation and a strong trend to assortative mating-the prevailing pairs being the homogamic and the brehmii Cr x collybita 9 -lead me to suggest that the divergence between the forms is at least subspecific and that a speciation process is taking place (SALOMON, 1987). Song playback has been widely used for the past three decades in order to elicit changes of behaviour patterns among Higher Vertebrates and to study the problems of species-specific recognition in relation to taking possession of a territory, keeping sexual competitors at a distance, attrac- ting sexual http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Song as a Possible Reproductive Isolating Mechanism Between Two Parapatric Forms. the Case of the Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus C. Collybita and P. C. Brehmii in the Western Pyrenees

Salomon, Marc
Behaviour , Volume 111 (1-4): 270 – Jan 1, 1989
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© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/156853989X00709
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SONG AS A POSSIBLE REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATING MECHANISM BETWEEN TWO PARAPATRIC FORMS. THE CASE OF THE CHIFFCHAFFS PHYLLOSCOPUS C. COLLYBITA AND P. C. BREHMII IN THE WESTERN PYRENEES by MARC SALOMON1) (Laboratoire de Zoologie (Mammifères-Oiseaux), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France) (With 7 Figures) (Acc 10-IX-1989) Introduction The Iberian form of the chiffchaff P. c. brehmii differs from the European form P. c. collybita mainly by its songs (HOMEYER, 1871; LYNES, 1914) and calls (CHAPPUIS, pers. com. & 1986; SALOMON, 1982, 1987); the two forms meet in the western Pyrenees (THIELCKE & LINSENMAIR, 1963; SALOMON, 1982). Besides a narrow "hybrid" zone, the lack of intergradation and a strong trend to assortative mating-the prevailing pairs being the homogamic and the brehmii Cr x collybita 9 -lead me to suggest that the divergence between the forms is at least subspecific and that a speciation process is taking place (SALOMON, 1987). Song playback has been widely used for the past three decades in order to elicit changes of behaviour patterns among Higher Vertebrates and to study the problems of species-specific recognition in relation to taking possession of a territory, keeping sexual competitors at a distance, attrac- ting sexual

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