Dissertation Research: Vocal, Morphological, and Genetic    Diversification in the North American Red Crossbill (Loxia  curvirostra) Complex
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Vocal behavior is important in evolutionary processes in                   songbirds, yet few studies have attempted to explain                            morphological and genetic diversification in light of vocal                     information.  This research will integrate vocal, morphological,                and genetic data in the highly polytypic North American red                     crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) complex.  This group presents an                  unsolved evolutionary paradox: the birds are nomadic, suggesting                a high rate of gene flow, yet there is extreme diversity in bill                size, body size, and plumage coloration within the group.                            Several testable alternative hypotheses regarding the nature               of the variation in North American red crossbills will be tested.               The hypothesis currently favored by ornithologists is that                      different forms of red crossbill are subspecies.  This                          hypothesis, along with alternative hypotheses that the forms may                be species, discontinuous morphs within breeding populations, or                the result of developmental plasticity will also be examined.                   Data to be gathered include information on geographic variation                 in vocalizations, morphology, and allozymes, combined with                      information on mating behavior and breeding structure in                        populations.
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