Using ecological niche models and niche analyses to understand speciation patterns: the case of sister neotropical orchid bees.

The role of past connections between the two major South American forested biomes on current species distribution has been recognized a long time ago. Climatic oscillations that further separated these biomes have promoted parapatric speciation, in which many species had their continuous distributio...

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Main Authors: Daniel P Silva, Bruno Vilela, Paulo De Marco, André Nemésio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4244149?pdf=render