In and out of Mesoamerica: temporal divergence ofAmaziliahummingbirds pre-dates the orthodox account of the completion of the Isthmus of Panama

Genetic, phenotypic and ecological divergence with gene flow at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: the case of the azure-crowned hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala)

(2013) Flor Rodríguez-Gómez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Comparative Phylogeographic Analyses Illustrate the Complex Evolutionary History of Threatened Cloud Forests of Northern Mesoamerica

(2013) Juan Francisco Ornelas et al.   PLoS One

Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages

(2012) Joseph W Brown et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Testing geological models of evolution of the Isthmus of Panama in a phylogenetic framework

(2012) Christine D. Bacon et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Evidence for middle Eocene and younger land emergence in central Panama: Implications for Isthmus closure

(2012) C. Montes et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

Phylogeny and comparative phylogeography ofSclerurus(Aves: Furnariidae) reveal constant and cryptic diversification in an old radiation of rain forest understorey specialists

(2012) Fernando M. d’Horta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Arc-continent collision and orocline formation: Closing of the Central American seaway

(2012) Camilo Montes et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Selection and geographic isolation influence hummingbird speciation: genetic, acoustic and morphological divergence in the wedge-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis)

(2011) Clementina González et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogeography of the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)

(2011) Matthew J. Miller et al.   CONDOR

Fracturing of the Panamanian Isthmus during initial collision with South America

(2011) David W. Farris et al.   GEOLOGY

Macroevolutionary patterns in the diversification of parrots: effects of climate change, geological events and key innovations

(2011) Manuel Schweizer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Phylogeography of Middle American gophersnakes: mixed responses to biogeographical barriers across the Mexican Transition Zone

(2011) Robert W. Bryson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The Central American land bridge as an engine of diversification in New World doves

(2011) Kevin P. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolution of Modern Birds Revealed by Mitogenomics: Timing the Radiation and Origin of Major Orders

(2011) M. A. Pacheco et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Time-dependent rates of molecular evolution

(2011) SIMON Y. W. HO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The Great American Biotic Interchange in frogs: Multiple and early colonization of Central America by the South American genus Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae)

(2011) Nelsy Rocío Pinto-Sánchez et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages

(2011) M. Arakaki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary drivers of phylogeographical diversity in the highlands of Mexico: a case study of the Crotalus triseriatus species group of montane rattlesnakes

(2010) Robert W. Bryson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

S-DIVA (Statistical Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis): A tool for inferring biogeographic histories

(2010) Yan Yu et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Two pulses of diversification across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in a montane Mexican bird fauna

(2010) B. R. Barber et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accommodating Heterogenous Rates of Evolution in Molecular Divergence Dating Methods: An Example Using Intercontinental Dispersal of Plestiodon (Eumeces) Lizards

(2010) Matthew C. Brandley et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Molecular Phylogenetics of a Clade of Lowland Tanagers: Implications for Avian Participation in the Great American Interchange

(2009) Kevin J. Burns et al.   AUK

Phylogeny, biogeography, and recurrent evolution of divergent bill types in the nectar-stealing flowerpiercers (Thraupini: Diglossa and Diglossopis)

(2009) WILLIAM M. MAUCK III et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The Great American Biotic Interchange in birds

(2009) J. T. Weir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Estimating ancestral distributions of lineages with uncertain sister groups: a statistical approach to Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis and a case usingAesculusL. (Sapindaceae) including fossils

(2009) A.J. HARRIS et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis

(2008) Pablo A. Goloboff et al.   CLADISTICS

A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds

(2008) Jimmy A. McGuire et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Comparative phylogeography of pitvipers suggests a consensus of ancient Middle American highland biogeography

(2008) Todd A. Castoe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

jModelTest: Phylogenetic Model Averaging

(2008) D. Posada   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Great American Interchange in birds: a phylogenetic perspective with the genus Trogon

(2008) JEFFREY M. DACOSTA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Speciation in the highlands of Mexico: genetic and phenotypic divergence in the Mexican jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina)

(2008) J. E. McCORMACK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phylogeography of a morphologically diverse Neotropical montane species, the Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingusophthalmicus)

(2008) Jason T. Weir et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Lower Miocene Stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and Its Bearing on the Central American Peninsula

(2008) Michael Xavier Kirby et al.   PLoS One

Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty in Biogeography: A Bayesian Approach to Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis of the Thrushes (Aves: Turdus)

(2008) Johan A. A. Nylander et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY