Build-up of the Himalayan avifauna through immigration: A biogeographical analysis of the Phylloscopus and Seicercus warblers

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 324-333

  Johansson, Ulf S ^a,e   Alström, Per ^b,c   Olsson, Urban ^d   Ericson, Per G P ^b   Sundberg, Per ^d   Price, Trevor D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aves; Biogeography; Himalayas; Phylloscopus; Seicercus; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; IMMIGRATION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VICARIANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRDS;

AFRICA; ANDES; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; SEICERCUS;

EID: 33947165636     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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