Connections between the Atlantic and the Amazonian forest avifaunas represent distinct historical events

• Published in: Journal of ornithology Vol. 154; no. 1; pp. 41 - 50
• Main Authors: Batalha-Filho, Henrique, Fjeldså, Jon, Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Miyaki, Cristina Yumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Andes region; Biomedical and Life Sciences; birds; Bolivia; Brazil; cerrado; climate change; Ecology; ecosystems; Euterpe oleracea; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; forests; Life Sciences; Original Article; Paraguay; phylogeny; savannas; Zoology; Brazil; Andes region; Bolivia; Paraguay; Quaternary; Neotropical region; Biogeography; Worldmap; New World suboscines; Miocene; Supermatrix

There is much evidence to support past contact between the Atlantic and the Amazon forests through the South American dry vegetation diagonal, but the spatiotemporal dynamics of this contact still need to be investigated to allow a better understanding of its biogeographic implications for birds. He...