The Central American land bridge as an engine of diversification in New World doves

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1069-1076

  Johnson, Kevin P ^a   Weckstein, Jason D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

American biotic interchange; Birds; Columbiformes; Dispersal; Historical biogeography; Isthmus of panama; Molecular systematics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; LAND BRIDGE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ISTHMUS OF PANAMA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; GEOTRYGON; LEPTOTILA; PHASIANIDAE; ZENAIDA;

EID: 79955829365     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02501.x     Document Type: Article

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