Species richness in Madeiran land snails, and its causes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 647-653

  Cook, Laurence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Geodetic change; Island biogeography; Land snails; Madeiran archipelago; Neutral model; Niche; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); MODEL TEST; NICHE; SNAIL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 40749144853     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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