Differentiation processes in treecreepers (Aves: Certhia): phylogeny, vocalisations, morphometrics

Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades „Doktor der Naturwissenschaften“ am Fachbereich Biologie der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz

Dieter Thomas Tietze

Contents

1. General introduction
2. Molecular phylogeny detects hidden diversity
3. Evolutionary history of treecreeper vocalisations
4. Song-playback experiments on Central European Certhia familiaris
5. Morphometric characterisation of treecreepers
6. General conclusions: Certhia systematics
7. Summary
8. Zusammenfassung
9. Acknowledgements
10. References
11. Electronic appendix: Treecreeper vocalisations
12. Curriculum vitae

A slightly modified version of Chapter 2 of this thesis has been published at Blackwell Publishing:
Tietze DT, Martens J & Sun Y-H (2006): Molecular phylogeny of treecreepers (Certhia) detects hidden diversity. Ibis 148: 477–488. (Publisher)