Multiple overseas dispersal in amphibians

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1532, 2003, Pages 2435-2442

  Vences, Miguel ^a,e   Vieites, David R ^a,b   Glaw, Frank ^c   Brinkmann, Henner ^a   Kosuch, Joachim ^d   Veith, Michael ^d   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Biogeography; Comoros; Madagascar; Mantellidae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; PHYLOGENY; VICARIANCE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BOOPHIS; CENOZOIC; COMOROS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETERIXALUS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MANTIDACTYLUS; MAYOTTE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANIC REGIONS; OSMOTIC STRESS; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TACHYCNEMIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VICARIANCE; VOLCANO;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MAYOTTE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOOPHIS; HETERIXALUS; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; TACHYCNEMIS;

EID: 0344197466     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2516     Document Type: Article

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