A molecular systematic overview of wolf spiders associated with Great Artesian Basin springs in South Australia: Evolutionary affinities and an assessment of metapopulation structure in two species

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-165

  Gotch, Travis B ^a,b   Adams, Mark ^c   Murphy, Nick P ^a   Austin, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b State and Local Government Offices   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EVOLUTION; METAPOPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN;

ARANEAE; HOGNA; LYCOSIDAE; VENATRIX; VENATRIX ARENARIS; VENATRIX FONTIS;

EID: 43549105651     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS07045     Document Type: Article

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