Origin of Madagascar's extant fauna: A perspective from amphibians, reptiles and other non-flying vertebrates

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL.2, 2004, Pages 217-228

  Vences, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Historical biogeography; Madagascar; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31344466545     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356639     Document Type: Review

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