An update of Wallace's zoogeographic regions of the world

BG Holt, JP Lessard, MK Borregaard, SA Fritz… - Science, 2013‏ - science.org
Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

Chapter 1: Subspecies represent geographically partitioned variation, a gold mine of evolutionary biology, and a challenge for conservation

K Winker - Ornithological Monographs, 2010‏ - JSTOR
In this review I summarize the history of the subspecies concept and the major debates and
issues surrounding its use, with an emphasis on ornithology, in which the concept …

Calibrating the avian molecular clock

JT Weir, D Schluter - Molecular ecology, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Molecular clocks are widely used to date phylogenetic events, yet evidence supporting the
rate constancy of molecular clocks through time and across taxonomic lineages is weak …

Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates

CD Cadena, KH Kozak, JP Gómez… - … of the Royal …, 2012‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many biodiversity hotspots are located in montane regions, especially in the tropics. A
possible explanation for this pattern is that the narrow thermal tolerances of tropical species …

Threatened species and the potential loss of phylogenetic diversity: conservation scenarios based on estimated extinction probabilities and phylogenetic risk analysis

DP Faith - Conservation Biology, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
New species conservation strategies, including the EDGE of Existence (EDGE) program,
have expanded threatened species assessments by integrating information about species' …

Diversification in Adelomyia hummingbirds follows Andean uplift

JA Chaves, JT Weir, TB Smith - Molecular Ecology, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Andes are known to have influenced speciation patterns in many taxa, yet whether
species diversification occurred simultaneously with their uplift or only after uplift was …

Non-monophyly and deep genetic differentiation across low-elevation barriers in a Neotropical montane bird (Basileuterus tristriatus; Aves: Parulidae)

N Gutiérrez-Pinto, AM Cuervo, J Miranda… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Most widespread birds of Neotropical cloud forests exhibit phenotypic variation that is
partitioned geographically suggesting allopatric divergence, but little is known about the …

Out of Amazonia again and again: episodic crossing of the Andes promotes diversification in a lowland forest flycatcher

MJ Miller, E Bermingham, J Klicka… - … of the Royal …, 2008‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most Neotropical lowland forest taxa occur exclusively on one side of the Andes despite the
availability of appropriate habitat on both sides. Almost all molecular phylogenies and …

Geographical patterns of genetic divergence in the widespread Mesoamerican bumble bee Bombus ephippiatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

MA Duennes, JD Lozier, HM Hines… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Bumble bees (Bombus Latreille) are an important group of social insects, well recognized
throughout northern temperate regions as important pollinators of wild and agricultural …

The role of the Andes in the diversification and biogeography of Neotropical mammals

BD Patterson, S Solari, PM Velazco - Bones, clones, and biomes …, 2012‏ - books.google.com
The Andes are the world's longest mountain chain, simultaneously presenting dispersal
corridors to montane species and dispersal barriers for lowland forms. Steep environmental …