Cichlid biogeography: Comment and review

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-119

  Chakrabarty, Prosanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Gondwana; Historical biogeography; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS;

CICHLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 2942558772     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2004.00148.x     Document Type: Review

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