Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1145-1154

  Illera, Juan Carlos ^a,d   Richardson, David S ^a   Helm, Barbara ^b   Atienza, Juan Carlos ^c   Emerson, Brent C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cryptic speciation; Phylogeny; Saxicola

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; SAXICOLA; SAXICOLA CAPRATA; SAXICOLA DACOTIAE; SAXICOLA LEUCURA; SAXICOLA TECTES; SAXICOLA TORQUATA;

EID: 50249113154     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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