| atlantic bird traits: a data set of bird morphological traits from the atlantic forests of south america. | scientists have long been trying to understand why the neotropical region holds the highest diversity of birds on earth. recently, there has been increased interest in morphological variation between and within species, and in how climate, topography, and anthropogenic pressures may explain and affect phenotypic variation. because morphological data are not always available for many species at the local or regional scale, we are limited in our understanding of intra- and interspecies spatial mor ... | 2019 | 30845354 |
| forest corridors between the central andes and the southern atlantic forest enabled dispersal and peripatric diversification without niche divergence in a passerine. | the central andean rainforests and the atlantic forest are separated by the chaco and the cerrado domains. despite this isolation, diverse evidence suggests that these rainforests have been connected in the past. however, little is known about the timing and geographic positions of these connections, as well as their effects on diversification of species. in this study, we used the black-goggled tanager (trichothraupis melanops, thraupidae) as a model to study whether the andean and the atlantic ... | 2018 | 30092357 |