Phylogeography of a morphologically diverse Neotropical montane species, the Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 650-664

  Weir, Jason T ^a,b   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b   Miller, Matthew J ^b,c   Klicka, John ^d   González, Maribel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Central America; Chlorospingus ophthalmicus; Emberizidae; Leap frog patterns; Neotropics; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GEOGRAPHY; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ANURA; CHLOROSPINGUS OPHTHALMICUS; EMBERIZINAE; GEOCORIS;

EID: 43049104936     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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