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The niche and phylogeography of a passerine reveal the history of biological diversification between the Andean and the Atlantic forests.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 2017
Trujillo-Arias Natalia, Dantas Gisele P M, Arbeláez-Cortés Enrique, Naoki Kazuya, Gómez Maria I, Santos Fabricio R, Miyaki Cristina Y, Aleixo Alexandre, Tubaro Pablo L, Cabanne Gustavo S
Abstract excerpt
The Atlantic Forest is separated from the Andean tropical forest by dry and open vegetation biomes (Chaco and Cerrado). Despite this isolation, both rainforests share closely related lineages, which suggest a past connection. This connection could have been important for forest taxa evolution. In this study, we used the Saffron-billed Sparrow (Arremon flavirostris) as a model to evaluate whether the Andean and...
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