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Last Glacial Maximum led to community-wide population expansion in a montane songbird radiation in highland Papua New Guinea.
BMC evolutionary biology - 11 Jul 2020
Garg Kritika M, Chattopadhyay Balaji, Koane Bonny, Sam Katerina, Rheindt Frank E
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BACKGROUND: Quaternary climate fluctuations are an engine of biotic diversification. Global cooling cycles, such as the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), are known to have fragmented the ranges of higher-latitude fauna and flora into smaller refugia, dramatically reducing species ranges. However, relatively less is known about the effects of cooling cycles on tropical biota. RESULTS: We analyzed thousands of...
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