The geography of evolutionary divergence in the highly endemic avifauna from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico

Abstract Background Mesoamerica is a remarkable region with a high geological and ecological complexity. Within northern Mesoamerica, the biotic province of the Sierra Madre del Sur (SMS) in southwestern Mexico harbors exceptionally high avian endemism and diversity. Herein, we searched for spatiall...

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Main Authors: Alberto Rocha-Méndez, Luis A. Sánchez-González, Clementina González, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1564-3