Dynamics of the northern flicker hybrid zone : a test of the bounded-hybrid superiority hypothesis

Dynamics of the northern flicker hybrid zone : a test of the bounded-hybrid superiority hypothesis

The bounded-hybrid superiority hypothesis (BHSH) predicts stable hybrid zones are characterized by hybrids having the highest fitness within the zone. The dynamic-equilibrium hypothesis (DEH) predicts hybrids to have the lowest fitness and mating should be strongly assortative in the hybrid zone. I...

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Main Author: Flockhart, David Thomas Tyler
Other Authors: Wiebe, Karen L.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2007
Subjects:
northern flicker
assortative mating
reproductive success
hybridization
survival
fitness
Colaptes auratus
migration
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10292007-150525/

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