Comparative phylogeography and the history of endemic vertebrates in the Wet Tropics rainforests of Australia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-498

  Schneider, C J ^a   Cunningham, M ^a   Moritz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Rainforest; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031958752     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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