Why Are There So Many Bird Species in the Himalayas?

"Why are there so many bird species in the Himalayas?"

Dr. Trevor Price
Professor, University of Chicago

When: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7:30 PM
Where: Satellite Student Union

One can find more than 500 breeding bird species in the eastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, but only half that number in the western Himalayan state of Kashmir. In fact, the eastern Himalayas probably have the second highest number of species in the world, after the northern Andes. Where did all these species come from, and why are there so many more in the east than the west? A major advance in this area is our ability to reconstruct the history of speciation using gene sequences. Dr. Price will recount the history of the birds of the Himalayas, as far as we understand it at present. He will show how ecological and historical factors have combined to generate diversity, as illustrated by his own studies on a group of warblers.

brought to you by

Consortium for Evolutionary Studies

Tri Beta Biological Honor Society

and Associated Students

California State University, Fresno

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