Speciation on a conveyor belt: Sequential colonization of the Hawaiian Islands by Orsonwelles spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-88

  Hormiga, Gustavo ^a   Arnedo, Miquel ^b,c   Gillespie, Rosemary G ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cladistics; Colonization; Hawaii; Linyphiidae; Orsonwelles; Phylogenetics; Speciation; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HAWAIIA; INVERTEBRATA; LINYPHIIDAE; ORSONWELLES;

EID: 0037292560     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150390132786     Document Type: Article

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