Repeated vicariance of Eurasian songbird lineages since the Late Miocene

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1251-1261

  Voelker, Gary ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Birds; Eurasia; Evolution; Miocene; Phoenicurus; Pliocene; Refugia; Speciation; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; DIVERGENCE; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REFUGIUM; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VICARIANCE;

CHINA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LOESS PLATEAU;

AVES; PASSERI; PHOENICURUS; SETOPHAGA; TURDUS THRUSHES;

EID: 77954794931     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02313.x     Document Type: Article

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