The evolution of the Indian Ocean parrots (Psittaciformes): Extinction, adaptive radiation and eustacy

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 296-305

  Kundu, S ^a   Jones, C G ^b,c   Prys Jones, R P ^d   Groombridge, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Extinction; Phylogeography; Psittaciformes; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME B;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARROT; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BAYES THEOREM; CYTOCHROMES B; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PARROTS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AVES; CORACOPSIS; CORACOPSIS NIGRA; MASCARINUS MASCARINUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACULA EUPATRIA; PSITTACULA WARDI; PSITTRICHAS;

EID: 83655201262     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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