Integrating paleoecology and genetics of bird populations in two sky island archipelagos

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genetic tests of paleoecological hypotheses have been rare, partly because recent genetic divergence is difficult to detect and time. According to fossil plant data, continuous woodland in the southwestern USA and northern Mexico bec...

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Main Authors: Bowen Bonnie S, McCormack John E, Smith Thomas B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/6/28