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Niche filling slows the diversification of Himalayan songbirds

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  • Trevor D. Price

    (University of Chicago)

  • Daniel M. Hooper

    (University of Chicago)

  • Caitlyn D. Buchanan

    (University of Chicago)

  • Ulf S. Johansson

    (University of Chicago
    Department of Zoology)

  • D. Thomas Tietze

    (University of Chicago
    Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • Per Alström

    (Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
    Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7007, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Urban Olsson

    (Systematics and Biodiversity, University of Gothenburg)

  • Mousumi Ghosh-Harihar

    (Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India)

  • Farah Ishtiaq

    (Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India)

  • Sandeep K. Gupta

    (Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India)

  • Jochen Martens

    (Institute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg University)

  • Bettina Harr

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August Thienemannstrasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany)

  • Pratap Singh

    (Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India)

  • Dhananjai Mohan

    (Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India)

Abstract

In Himalayan songbirds, the speciation rate is ultimately set by ecological competition, rather than by the rate of acquisition of reproductive isolation.

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  • Trevor D. Price & Daniel M. Hooper & Caitlyn D. Buchanan & Ulf S. Johansson & D. Thomas Tietze & Per Alström & Urban Olsson & Mousumi Ghosh-Harihar & Farah Ishtiaq & Sandeep K. Gupta & Jochen Martens , 2014. "Niche filling slows the diversification of Himalayan songbirds," Nature, Nature, vol. 509(7499), pages 222-225, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:509:y:2014:i:7499:d:10.1038_nature13272
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13272
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