Neotropical birds show a humped distribution of within-population genetic diversity along a latitudinal transect

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 576-586

  Miller, Matthew J ^a,b   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b   Klicka, John ^c   Escalante, Patricia ^d   Winker, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Centre marginal hypothesis; Genetic diversity; Gradient; Latitude; Mid domain effect; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954260585     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01454.x     Document Type: Article

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