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Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds
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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.
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FERRER OBIOL, Joan, et al. Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds. Journal of Biogeography. 2022. Vol. 49, num. 171-188. ISSN 0305-0270. [consulted: 8 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/193747