Geographic Patterns of Endemism and Speciation in Amphibians and Reptiles of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with Special Reference to their Paleogeographical Implications

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-204

  Ota, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Dispersal; Paleogeography; Phylogeny; Reptiles; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001637585     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02763404     Document Type: Article

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