Diversification and biogeographic patterns in four island radiations of passerine birds

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-190

  Fritz, Susanne A ^a,c   Jønsson, Knud A ^b   Fjeldså, Jon ^b   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Diversity dependence; Macroevolution; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARCHIPELAGO; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; GENETIC SPECIATION; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NEW GUINEA;

AVES; CAMPEPHAGIDAE; CORVINAE; PACHYCEPHALIDAE; PARADISAEIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84855335943     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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