Phylogeny and biogeography of Caribbean mammals

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 373-394

  Dávalos, Liliana M ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilles; Dispersal; Gaarlandia; Historical biogeography; Vicariance; West Indies

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; VICARIANCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

BRACHYPHYLLA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EDENTATA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 1642319731     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00302.x     Document Type: Review

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