Strong yet incomplete reproductive isolation in Vermivora is not contradicted by other lines of evidence: A reply to Toews et al

Cody K Porter; John L Confer; Kyle R Aldinger; Ronald A Canterbury; Jeffrey L Larkin; Darin J McNeil Jr

doi:10.1002/ece3.7763

Strong yet incomplete reproductive isolation in Vermivora is not contradicted by other lines of evidence: A reply to Toews et al

Ecol Evol. 2021 Jun 17;11(15):10724-10730. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7763. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Authors

Cody K Porter¹, John L Confer², Kyle R Aldinger³, Ronald A Canterbury⁴, Jeffrey L Larkin⁵, Darin J McNeil Jr⁶

Affiliations

¹ Wildlife Biology Program Lees-McRae College Banner Elk NC USA.
² Biology Department Ithaca College Ithaca NY USA.
³ West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Division of Forestry and Natural Resources West Virginia University Morgantown WV USA.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH USA.
⁵ Department of Biology Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana PA USA.
⁶ Department of Entomology The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA.

Abstract

Toews et al. assert that strong reproductive isolation in Vermivora is inconsistent with other lines of evidence. Here, we discuss how strong yet incomplete reproductive isolation is consistent with other results from this system.