Cryptic diversity in Afro-tropical lowland forests: The systematics and biogeography of the avian genus Bleda

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 297-308

  Huntley, Jerry W ^a   Voelker, Gary ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Afrotropics; Bleda; Lowland forests; Pleistocene; Plio cene; River barriers

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOREST; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORESTS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84962666068     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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