Last Glacial Maximum led to community-wide population expansion in a montane songbird radiation in highland Papua New Guinea
Abstract Background Quaternary climate fluctuations are an engine of biotic diversification. Global cooling cycles, such as the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), are known to have fragmented the ranges of higher-latitude fauna and flora into smaller refugia, dramatically reducing species ranges. However,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-07-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01646-z |