Plumage Patterns and Speciation in the Avian Genus Phylloscopus, Award in Indian Currency

描述：该项目为Trevor Price博士和一名研究生提供旅行和实地研究支持，以研究羽毛图案的发展和进化及其在物种形成中的可能作用，在一个大陆鸟类属，旧世界叶莺。实地工作将在印度的克什米尔地区进行。随后将进行实验室工作，用于测量和量化形态学变化。最近发展的定量遗传学方法和模式形成理论将被应用于重建羽毛模式进化过程中发生的选择压力。研究结果有助于了解鸟类种群的进化发展。调查范围：私家侦探已与印度森林和野生动物部建立了正式联系，并已获得进行拟议工作的许可。他将与该系和孟买自然历史学会的科学家合作。这项研究可能会对鸟类生态学和自然进化的知识体系做出贡献，也可能会加强美印在这一领域的合作。

Description: This project provides support for travel and field research for Dr. Trevor Price and a graduate student to study tghe development and evolution of plumage patterns and their possible role in speciation, in a continental genus of birds, the Old World Leaf Warblers. The fieldwork will be in the Kashmir area of India. Laboratory work, for measurement to quantify morphological variation will follow. Recently developed quantitative genetic methods and theories of pattern formation will be applied to reconstruct selection pressures which occurred during evolution of the plumage patterns. The results are to contribute to the understanding of the development of evolution in bird populations. Scope: The P.I. has established formal contacts with India's Department of Forest and Wildlife and has received permission to conduct the proposed work. He will be collaborating with scientists from that Department and from Bombay Natural History Society. The research is likely to contribute to the body of knowledge on the ecology and natural evoluation of birds, and is also likely to enhance U.S.-Indian collaboration in this field.