Postglacial colonisation patterns and the role of isolation and expansion in driving diversification in a passerine bird.

Pleistocene glacial cycles play a major role in diversification and speciation, although the relative importance of isolation and expansion in driving diversification remains debated. We analysed mitochondrial DNA sequence data from 15 great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) populations distr...

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Main Authors: Bengt Hansson, Dennis Hasselquist, Maja Tarka, Pavel Zehtindjiev, Staffan Bensch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2467487?pdf=render