Phylogeography of the Western Lyresnake (Trimorphodon biscutatus): Testing aridland biogeographical hypotheses across the Nearctic-Neotropical transition

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4387-4407

  Devitt, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Mitochondrial DNA; North America; Phylogeography; Trimorphodon; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; GUATEMALA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; COLUBRIDAE; DESERT CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GUATEMALA; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY;

TRIMORPHODON; TRIMORPHODON BISCUTATUS;

EID: 33750994950     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03015.x     Document Type: Article

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