TY - JOUR
AU1 - Chesser, R. Terry
AU2 - Zink, Robert M.
AB - BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS Evoluiion; 48(2), 1994. pp. 490-497 MODES OF SPECIAnON IN BIRDS: A TEST OF LYNCH'S METHOD R. TERRY CHEssER'·2 AND ROBERT M. ZINK,,3 'Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 2Department of Zoology and Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Louisiana 70803 The view that allopatric speciation is the pre­ of one taxon is very small relative to its sister dominant mode of speciation in animals seems taxon, peripheral isolation is indicated, whereas firmly established (Mayr 1942, 1963). Mayr sug­ extensive range overlap between sister elements gested that many species evolve via the estab­ is considered evidence of sympatric speciation. lishment of small demes, often peripherally iso­ Sympatric speciation was considered most par­ lated, by dispersal of a few founders from the simonious in this last instance because it does main body of the range. The view that dispersal not involve the additional assumption of post­ is the primary means of achieving allopatry was speciation dispersal. As noted by Lynch, this seriously challenged by the school of vicariance method assumes that character evolution accu­ biogeography (Platnick and Nelson 1978). Pro­ rately reflects phylogenetic history, that extinc­ ponents of this approach suggest that vicariant tion 
TI - MODES OF SPECIATION IN BIRDS: A TEST OF LYNCH'S METHOD
JF - Evolution
DO - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1994.tb01326.x
DA - 1994-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/modes-of-speciation-in-birds-a-test-of-lynch-s-method-VZzP4fv6xB
SP - 490
EP - 497
VL - 48
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -