Birds, molecules, and evolutionary patterns among Africa's islands in the sky

Includes bibliographical references. === Combing results from phylogenetic and population level studies suggests that climatic cycling has had a profound influence on montane bird speciation in Africa. The results from this thesis suggest that there is deep genetic divergence between many clades (8-...

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Main Author: Bowie, Rauri Charles Kerr
Other Authors: Crowe, Timothy M
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6239