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Titre :	Why do eared-pheasants of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau show so much morphological variation?
Auteurs :	X. Lu, Auteur ; G. M. Zheng, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Bird Conservation International (10(4) December, 2000)
Article en page(s) :	305-309
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	It is known that White Eared-pheasants Crossoptilon crossoptilon drouyni interbreed widely with Tibetan Eared-pheasants C. harmani at the boundary of their ranges. A new hybrid zone has been found recently in eastern Tibet, far away from the boundary of the parental species' ranges. Based on ecological observations of eared-pheasants and the geographical history and pattern of modern glaciers, we have attributed the complex morphological variation of eared-pheasants and the high biodiversity of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau to its varied geography.

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