Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Tectonic collision and uplift of Wallacea triggered the global songbird radiation

  • Robert G. Moyle,
  • Carl H. Oliveros,
  • Michael J. Andersen,
  • Peter A. Hosner,
  • Brett W. Benz,
  • Joseph D. Manthey,
  • Scott L. Travers,
  • Rafe M. Brown,
  • Brant C. Faircloth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12709
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Songbirds originated in Australia and have now diversified into approximately 5,000 species found across the world. Here, Moyle et al. combine phylogenomic and biogeographic analyses to show that songbird diversification was associated with the formation of islands providing a route out of Australia.