Diversification of rainforest faunas: An integrated molecular approach

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 31, Issue , 2000, Pages 533-563

  Moritz, C ^a   Patton, J L ^a   Schneider, C J ^a   Smith, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolution; Molecular systematics; Speciation; Tropical diversity

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0034503191     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.31.1.533     Document Type: Article

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