… Nicholson in lit.; see also evidence from remote sensing by Fjeldsa et al.,1997). Western …
Fjeldsa , J. (1995) Geographical patterns of neoendemic and relict species of Andean forest …

Mountains contribute disproportionately to the terrestrial biodiversity of Earth, especially in
the tropics, where they host hotspots of extraordinary and puzzling richness. With about 25% …

Mountain regions are unusually biodiverse, with rich aggregations of small-ranged species
that form centers of endemism. Mountains play an array of roles for Earth’s biodiversity and …

Mountains are key features of the Earth’s surface and host a substantial proportion of the
world’s species. However, the links between the evolution and distribution of biodiversity and …

Although levels of biological diversity may seem to be equivalent in different areas, diversity
is created and maintained by a range of different ]processes: overlap of habitat on gradients; …

To better determine the history of modern birds, we performed a genome-scale phylogenetic
analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves using phylogenomic methods …

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 global …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across
many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian …

… These large, noisy savanna birds of somewhat jay-like appearance have been difficult to
place. According to Vaurie, 1971, Vaurie, 1980 they “seem to belong to the Philydorinae,” but …

The GAC (Global Area Coverage) by the NOAA-AVHRR satellites represents an excellent
data set for studying global and regional patterns of variations in surface conditions driven in …