Falkland Islands biogeography: Converging trajectories in the South Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-62

  McDowall, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Affinities; Dispersal; Falkland Islands; Patagonia; South Africa; Sub Antarctic; Tierra del Fuego

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ISLAND; TRAJECTORY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 12744279691     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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