Hey tweeties,

I wrote about this interesting little paper about Dendroica wood warblers. This paper shows that rapid speciation rates among island species may not be unique: this same pattern may also occur among species that arose on continental landmasses;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/07/wood_warblers_evolved_explosiv.php

cheers,

GrrlScientist
Devorah
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