The role of physical barriers in the location of avian suture zones in the Guiana Shield, northern Amazonia

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Naka, Luciano Nicolas ^a,c   Bechtoldt, Catherine L ^b   Magalli Pinto Henriques, L ^b   Brumfield, Robb T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RORAIMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Contact zones; Hybrid zones; Mid domain effect; Phylogeographic breaks

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AVIFAUNA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEADWATER; HYBRID ZONE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUTURE ZONE; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

AMAZONIA; GUYANA SHIELD;

AVES;

EID: 84858761746     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664627     Document Type: Article

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