Comparative Phylogeography of Six Ethiopian Songbirds in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot
We used whole genome resequencing data from six codistributed songbirds in the Ethiopian Highlands to assess how two lowland biogeographic barriers to sedentary taxa - the Blue Nile Valley and Great Rift Valley - impact the phylogeography of dispersive taxa. We also aimed to assess how genetic diversity varies across the region and how changes in effective population size influence those regional diversity patterns.