Has vicariance or dispersal been the predominant biogeographic force in Madagascar? Only time will tell

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2006, Pages 405-431

  Yoder, Anne D ^a   Nowak, Michael D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence time estimation; Gondwana; Historical biogeography

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; DISPERSAL; GONDWANA; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33845390384     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.37.091305.110239     Document Type: Review

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