Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds

Aim: Palaeoceanographic changes can act as drivers of diversification and speciation, even in highly mobile marine organisms. Shearwaters are a group of globally distributed and highly mobile pelagic seabirds. Despite a recent well-resolved phylogeny, shearwaters have controversial species limits, a...

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Autores: Ferrer Obiol, Joan, James, Helen F., Chesser, T. Terry, Bretagnolle, Vicent, González-Solís, Jacob, Rozas Liras, Julio A., Welch, Andreanna J., Riutort León, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/193747
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/193747
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ocells marins
Genòmica
Taxonomia zoològica
Pliocè
Sea birds
Genomics
Zoological taxonomy
Pliocene
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Sumario:Aim: Palaeoceanographic changes can act as drivers of diversification and speciation, even in highly mobile marine organisms. Shearwaters are a group of globally distributed and highly mobile pelagic seabirds. Despite a recent well-resolved phylogeny, shearwaters have controversial species limits, and show periods of both slow and rapid diversification. Here, we explore the role of palaeoceanographic changes on shearwaters' diversification and speciation. We investigate shearwater biogeography and the evolution of a key phenotypic trait, body size, and we assess the validity of their current taxonomy.