The conquering of North America: dated phylogenetic and biogeographic inference of migratory behavior in bee hummingbirds

• Published in: BMC evolutionary biology Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 126 - 17
• Main Authors: Licona-Vera, Yuyini, Ornelas, Juan Francisco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.06.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Animal Migration; Animals; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian analysis; Bee hummingbird; Bee hummingbirds; Behavior; Biogeography; Biological Evolution; Bird migration; Birds - classification; Birds - genetics; Birds - physiology; Colonization; Competition; Dating; Dating techniques; Diversification; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental aspects; Evolution; Female; Genetic Speciation; Hypotheses; Islands; Male; Mellisugini; Migration; Migratory birds; Miocene; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeny; North America; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Populations; Radiation; Rooting; Sampling; Seasonal variations; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Statistical inference; Winter; North America; Biogeography; Bee hummingbirds; Molecular phylogeny; Mellisugini; North America; Migration

Geographical and temporal patterns of diversification in bee hummingbirds (Mellisugini) were assessed with respect to the evolution of migration, critical for colonization of North America. We generated a dated multilocus phylogeny of the Mellisugini based on a dense sampling using Bayesian inferenc...