A test of the vicariance hypothesis of western North American freshwater biogeography

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 534-548

  Liu, Hsiu Ping ^a   Hershler, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biogeography; Dispersal; Gastropoda; Great Basin; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Springsnails; Vicariance; Western North America

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; SNAIL; TERTIARY; VICARIANCE;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; FLORIDOBIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PYRGULOPSIS; PYRGULOPSIS WONGI;

EID: 33846905224     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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