Phylogeography of Ptychadena mascareniensis suggests transoceanic dispersal in a widespread African-Malagasy frog lineage

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 593-601

  Vences, Miguel ^a,g   Kosuch, Joachim ^b   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^c   Lötters, Stefan ^b   Channing, Alan ^d   Glaw, Frank ^e,h   Böhme, Wolfgang ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

^f ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Anura; Madagascar; Mauritius; Ptychadena; Ranidae; Reunion; Seychelles; Transoceanic dispersal

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FROG; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MASCARENE ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAURITIUS; PTYCHADENA; PTYCHADENA MASCARENIENSIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 1842665043     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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