Does niche conservatism promote speciation? A case study in North American salamanders

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2604-2621

  Kozak, Kenneth H ^a   Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Appalachians; Biodiversity informatics; Climate; Diversification; Montane endemism; Niche modeling; Plethodontidae; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENDEMISM; GENETIC VARIATION; GIS; ISOLATED POPULATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NICHE OVERLAP; PARAPATRY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; URODELA;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; DESMOGNATHUS; PLETHODON; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846886943     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/06-334.1     Document Type: Article

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