Patterns of avian diversification in Borneo: The case of the endemic Mountain Black-eye (Chlorocharis emiliae)

• Main Authors: Gawin, Dency F., Mustafa, Abdul Rahman, Mohamad Fizl, Sidq Ramji, Smith, Brian Tilston, Lim, Haw Chuan, Moyle, Robert G., Sheldon, Frederick H.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: The American Ornithologists' Union 2014
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9753/1/Patterns%20of%20avian%20diversification%20in%20Borneo%28abs%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9753/; https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu

The Mountain Black-eye (Chlorocharis emiliae) is an endemic white-eye (Zosteropidae) of Borneo with a unique ‘‘sky island’’ distribution. We compared mitochondrial ND2, ND3, Cytb, and control region DNA sequences (2,194 nucleotides) to study the phylogeographic relationships of five populations of...