Water barriers and intra-island isolation contribute to diversification in the insular Aethopyga sunbirds (Aves: Nectariniidae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1094-1106

  Hosner, Peter A ^a   Nyári, Árpád S ^a,b   Moyle, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian evolution; Colonization; Island evolution; Multi locus; Philippines; Phylogeny; Sea level change; Southeast Asia; Sundaland

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BARRIER ISLAND; BATHYMETRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MINDANAO; PHILIPPINES; SUNDA ISLES; WALLACEA;

AETHOPYGA; AVES; GABAZA; NECTARINIIDAE;

EID: 84878015198     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12074     Document Type: Article

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