Fitz news in Africa - Birds & Birding: "Genes as evidence into the past"

PFIAO 2009. News from the Percy FitzPatrick Institute: Genes as windows into the past. Africa - Birds & Birding 14(3):55.

"Each bird species is uniquely adapted to a particular ‘niche’ – the combination of environmental features that are necessary for its successful reproduction and longterm survival. The species’ present-day distribution is generally restricted to areas that satisfy these niche requirements. One of the most important influences on a bird’s distribution is climate, because it affects both habitat structure and bird physiology. If climate changes over time, so too will the species’ distribution." more...

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