The trans-Pacific zipper effect: Disjunct sister taxa and matching geological outlines that link the Pacific margins

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1545-1561

  McCarthy, Dennis ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanding earth; Panthalassa; Plate tectonics; Trans Pacific disjunctions; Vicariance vs. Dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; DISPERSAL; PLATE TECTONICS; VICARIANCE;

PACIFIC RIM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0141890956     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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