New paper on Neoaves

[gerarus@westnet.com.au]

I've just received notification of a new article in _Biology Letters_:

Per G.P. Ericson, Cajsa L. Anderson, Tom Britton, Andrzej Elzanowski,
Ulf S. Johansson, Mari Källersjö, Jan I. Ohlson, Thomas J. Parsons,
Dario Zuccon & Gerald Mayr. 2006. Diversification of Neoaves:
integration of molecular sequence data and fossils. Biology Letters:
FirstCite Early Online Publishing (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0523).

"Patterns of diversification and timing of evolution within Neoaves,
which includes almost 95% of all bird species, are virtually unknown.
On the other hand, molecular data consistently indicate a Cretaceous
origin of many neoavian lineages and the fossil record seems to
support an Early Tertiary diversification. Here, we present the first
well-resolved molecular phylogeny for Neoaves, together with
divergence time estimates calibrated with a large number of
stratigraphically and phylogenetically well-documented fossils. Our
study defines several well-supported clades within Neoaves. The
calibration results suggest that Neoaves, after an initial split from
Galloanseres in Mid-Cretaceous, diversified around or soon after the
K/T boundary. Our results thus do not contradict palaeontological
data and show that there is no solid molecular evidence for an
extensive pre-Tertiary radiation of Neoaves."

    Unfortunately, I don't have access to Biology Letters. If anyone
could send me this article, I would be incredibly grateful.
Please.....

    Cheers,

        Christopher Taylor