Diversity versus disparity and the role of ecological opportunity in a continental bird radiation

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1301-1312

  Schweizer, Manuel ^a   Hertwig, Stefan T ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^b,c  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Arini; Colonization; Continental radiation; Diversification rate; Ecological opportunity; Morphological evolution; Neotropical region; Parrots

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLONIZATION; DIVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPLIFT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84902303150     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12293     Document Type: Article

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