Phylogenetic conservatism and antiquity of a tropical specialization: Army-ant-following in the typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Brumfield, Robb T ^a   Tello, Jose G ^b,c   Cheviron, Z A ^a   Carling, Matthew D ^a   Crochet, Nanette ^a   Rosenberg, Kenneth V ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral character state reconstruction; Army ant following; Eciton; Ecological specialization; Foraging strategies; Thamnophildae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARTHROPODA; AVES; ECITON; ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE; THAMNOPHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548487776     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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