Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and
characterizing biodiversity 1 , 2 , 3 – 4 . Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across
many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian …

Avian faunas vary greatly among montane areas; those at high latitudes are biologically
impoverished, whereas those of some low-latitude mountains are biologically very complex. …

Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and the
maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a global …

Functional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for developing and testing theories in
evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional traits …

A very distinctive perdicine bird was discovered in July 1991 during fieldwork in montane
evergreen forests in parts of the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania which were so far …

To better determine the history of modern birds, we performed a genome-scale phylogenetic
analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves using phylogenomic methods …

This study constitutes the first investigation of the phylogeographic structure of a forest bird
distributed throughout the montane and lowland forest biomes of Africa. The key objective …

The Eastern Arc Mountains are renown in Africa for high concentrations of endemic species
of animals and plants. Thirteen separate mountain blocks comprise the Eastern Arc, …

Adaptive radiation is the rapid diversification of a single lineage into many species that
inhabit a variety of environments or use a variety of resources and differ in traits required to …