Birdsong tells only part of a forest’s story: Evolutionary trees reveals the rest
Burung maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) yang juga burung khas Sulawesi. (JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY Birds calling back and forth in the morning is one of the defining sounds of tropical forests. We’re likely to assume more types of birds we hear or see indicate a healthy forest. But counting species isn’t the only way to measure a forest’s health. Evolutionary biology asks another question that matters just as much: How closely related are the bird species that live together there? Higher…
Where: New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Colombia
Exact coordinates
new zealand: -40.900, 174.890
australia: -25.270, 133.780
indonesia: -0.790, 113.920
colombia: 4.570, -74.300
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