Phylogeny recapitulates geography, or why New Zealand has so many species of skinks

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 415-433

  Hickson, Robert E ^a   Slack, Kerryn E ^a   Lockhart, Peter ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evolution; Geological history; Islands; Molecular evolution; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY;

NEW ZEALAND;

CYCLODINA; OLIGOSOMA;

EID: 0033859072     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0411     Document Type: Article

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