The historical bridge between the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil: A study of molecular phylogeography with small mammals

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-86

  Costa, Leonora P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Atlantic Forest; Caatinga; Cerrado; Evolutionary history of rain forest mammals; Neotropical small mammals; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PASSERIFORMES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037256036     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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