Molecular systematics of the new world screech-owls (Megascops: Aves, Strigidae): biogeographic and taxonomic implications

• Main Authors: Dantas, Sidnei M, Jason D. WecksteinauthorIntegrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, John M. BatesauthorIntegrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, Niels K. KrabbeauthorVertebrate Department of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, Carlos Daniel CadenaauthorDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Cra 1 N˚ 18A-12, Bogotá, Colombia, Mark B. RobbinsauthorUniversity of Kansas Biodiversity Research Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA, Eugenio ValderramaauthorDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Cra 1 N˚ 18A-12, Bogotá, Colombia, Alexandre AleixoauthorCoordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Campus de Pesquisa. Av. Perimetral, 1901, 66077-530 Belém, PA, Brazil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: allopatry; Amazonia; Ancestral area reconstruction; Andes; Bayesian theory; Central America; Diversification; genes; genetic variation; habitats; lowlands; mitochondria; molecular systematics; monophyly; montane forests; Neotropics; paraphyly; plumage; sea level; Strigidae; topology; treeline; Trichopsis; tropics; zoogeography