Biogeography and evolution of the Galapagos: Integration of the biological and geological evidence

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-287

  Grehan, John ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Geology; Molecular clock; Panbiogeography; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0035670551     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0576     Document Type: Article

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