Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2000 |
Authors: | Winkler, DW |
Journal: | The Condor |
Volume: | 102 |
Issue: | 1 |
Date Published: | 2000 |
ISBN Number: | 00105422 |
Keywords: | Hirundinidae, Hirundo, Hirundo rustica |
Abstract: | In recent years, two approaches have emerged for the analysis of character evolution: the largely statistical "convergence" approach and the mainly cladistic "homology" approach. I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches as they apply to phylogenetic analyses of life-history variation in birds. Using examples from analyses of character variation in swallows, I suggest that the phylogenetic approach yields distinctive insights into the selective role of the environment and other characters of the organism on the evolution of life-history traits. This view thus has the potential of bringing together micro- and macro-evolutionary views of life-history evolution. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1370407 |
Short Title: | The Condor |
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