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

描述：本项目提供差旅和实地考察支持 为特雷弗普莱斯博士和一名研究生进行研究 羽毛形态的发育和进化及其可能的作用 在物种形成方面，在一个大陆鸟类属中，东半球的叶 林莺 实地考察将在印度克什米尔地区进行。 实验室工作，用于测量以量化形态变异 也会随之 最近发展的定量遗传学方法和 模式形成的理论将被应用于重建 在羽毛进化过程中出现的选择压力 模式. 研究结果有助于理解 鸟类种群的进化。 范围：P.I.与印度建立了正式联系， 森林和野生动物部，并已获得许可， 开展拟议的工作。 他将与科学家合作 来自该部门和孟买自然历史学会。 的 研究很可能有助于知识的主体， 生态学和鸟类的自然进化，也可能 增强美国-印度在这一领域的合作。

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.