Applications of ecological niche modeling for species delimitation: A review and empirical evaluation using day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar

Systematic Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 907-923

  Raxworthy, Christopher J ^a   Ingram, Colleen M ^a   Rabibisoa, Nirhy ^b   Pearson, Richard G ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Distribution modeling; Evolution; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Speciation; Systematics

Indexed keywords

PHELSUMA; PHELSUMA DUBIA; PHELSUMA MADAGASCARIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; LIZARD; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 36249031529     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150701775111     Document Type: Review

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