Historical diversification of a terra-firme forest bird superspecies: A phylogeographic perspective on the role of different hypotheses of amazonian diversification

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1303-1317

  Aleixo, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Aves; Miocene marine incursion hypothesis; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Refuge hypothesis; Riverine barrier hypothesis

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROCOLAPTIDAE; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA; XIPHORHYNCHUS; XIPHORHYNCHUS ELEGANS; XIPHORHYNCHUS SPIXII; XIPHORHYNCHUS SPIXII ELEGANS;

EID: 3042578225     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01709.x     Document Type: Article

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