A dynamic continental moisture gradient drove Amazonian bird diversification

Authors: Sofia Marques Silva, A. Townsend Peterson, Lincoln Carneiro, Tibério César Tortola Burlamaqui, Camila C. Ribas, Tiago Sousa-Neves, Leonardo S. Miranda, Alexandre M. Fernandes, Fernando M. d'Horta, Lucas Eduardo Araújo-Silva, Romina Batista, Cinthia H. M. M. Bandeira, Sidnei M. Dantas, Mateus Ferreira, Denise M. Martins, Joiciane Oliveira, Tainá C. Rocha, Carla H. Sardelli, Gregory Thom, Péricles Sena Rêgo, Marcos Pérsio Santos, Fernando Sequeira, Marcelo Vallinoto, Alexandre Aleixo

Published: 2019-07-03

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat5752

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Abstract

Diversification of Amazon birds led by climate stability: lineages originated in the wetter west and dispersed into the drier east.