Freshwater paths across the ocean: Molecular phylogeny of the frog Ptychadena newtoni gives insights into amphibian colonization of oceanic islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-20

  John Measey, G ^a,g   Vences, Miguel ^b   Drewes, Robert C ^c   Chiari, Ylenia ^d   Melo, Martim ^e   Bourles, Bernard ^f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Cameroon line; Colonization; Dispersal; Gulf of Guinea; Gymnophiona; Island biogeography; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; PTYCHADENA; PTYCHADENA MASCARENIENSIS;

EID: 33845617284     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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