Amazonian rivers function as important barriers to dispersal of Amazonian birds. Studying
population genetics of lineages separated by rivers may help us to uncover the dynamics of …

In the context of a recently published phylogenetic estimate for 151 hummingbird species,
we provide an expanded informal taxonomy, as well as a formal phylogenetic taxonomy for …

R. TERRY CHESSER, 1, 12, 13 RICHARD C. BANKS, 1 F. KEITH BARKER, 2 CARLA
CICERO, 3 JON L. DUNN, 4 ANDREW W. KRATTER, 5 IRBY J. LOVETTE, 6 PAMELA C …

Colombia has the greatest bird diversity of any country in the world, with approximately 1900
recorded species, equivalent to 20% of all bird species worldwide. Advances made by the …

Una barrera importante para el avance de la ornitología es la exclusión sistémica de los
profesionales del Sur Global. Una colección especial de artículos publicada recientemente …

Deforestation is perhaps the greatest threat to tropical biodiversity. Anyway, extensive areas
in the tropics have naturally regenerated and become secondary forests, which might …

Aim We analysed presence/absence data for understorey bird species in rain forest
fragments sampled from 1979 through 2001. Here we consider extinctions between 1992 …

Increasing evidence indicates that distribution of Neotropical seasonally dry forests (NSDFs)
and the survival of the species and communities that inhabit them have been negatively …

The infraorder Furnariides is a diverse group of suboscine passerine birds comprising a
substantial component of the Neotropical avifauna. The included species encompass a …

Live fences may act as tools for biodiversity conservation by providing habitat for native
species and increasing connectivity in the landscape. We studied the influence of live fence …