Historical diversification of floodplain forest specialist species in the Amazon: A case study with two species of the avian genus Xiphorhynchus (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-395

  Aleixo, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian biogeography; Evolution; Phylogenetics; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Seasonally flooded forest; Upland (terra firme) forest; Vertebrates; Xiphorhynchus kienerii; Xiphorhynchus obsoletus

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIRD; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOCHROME; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GENE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; DENDROCOLAPTIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XIPHORHYNCHUS; XIPHORHYNCHUS KIENERII; XIPHORHYNCHUS OBSOLETUS;

EID: 33748779524     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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