Ecological niche conservatism and pleistocene refugia in the thrush-like Mourner, Schiffornis sp., in the neotropics

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-183

  Peterson, A Townsend ^a   Nyári, Árpád S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecological niche; Last Glacial Maximum; Pleistocene; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE; PASSERINE; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

SCHIFFORNIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37849028010     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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