Molecular and morphological evolution in the south-central Pacific skink Emoia tongana (Reptilia: Squamata): Uniformity and human-mediated dispersal

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 425-437

  Austin, Christopher C ^a,b   Zug, George R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EMOIA CONCOLOR; EMOIA TONGANA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032719516     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO99019     Document Type: Article

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