Integrating phylogenetics and environmental niche models to explore speciation mechanisms in dendrobatid frogs

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1781-1793

  Graham, Catherine H ^a,e   Ron, Santiago R ^b,c   Santos, Juan C ^b,c   Schneider, Christopher J ^d   Moritz, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrobatidae; Ecuador; Geographic information systems; Modes of speciation; Niche modeling; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; NICHE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 4344644543     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00461.x     Document Type: Article

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