Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): Different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-257

  Jønsson, Knud A ^a,b   Bowie, Rauri C K ^b   Moyle, Robert G ^c   Christidis, Les ^d,e   Norman, Janette A ^e,f   Benz, Brett W ^b   Fjeldså, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal; Divergence; Melanesia; Pachycephalidae; Pacific; Passeriformes; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

INDONESIA; MELANESIA;

AVES; GABAZA; PACHYCEPHALIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 74849125457     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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