In and out of Mesoamerica: Temporal divergence of Amazilia hummingbirds pre-dates the orthodox account of the completion of the Isthmus of Panama

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 168-181

  Ornelas, Juan Francisco ^a   González, Clementina ^a   de los Monteros, Alejandro Espinosa ^a   Rodríguez Gómez, Flor ^a   García Feria, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amazilia; Birds; Great American Interchange; Isthmus of Tehuantepec; Mesoamerica; Miocene; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; MIOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ISTHMUS OF PANAMA; ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC; MESOAMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AMAZILIA; AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84890313839     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12184     Document Type: Article

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