Sampling strategies for delimiting species: Genes, individuals, and populations in the Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi complex (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in Andean-Patagonian South America

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-185

  Morando, Mariana ^a,b   Avila, Luciano J ^a,b   Sites Jr , Jack W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Liolaemus; Lizards; Mitochondrial DNA; Nested clade analysis; Phylogeny; Sampling design; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS ELONGATUS; LIOLAEMUS ELONGATUS-KRIEGI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038632326     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150390192717     Document Type: Article

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