Effect of vagility potential on dispersal and speciation in rainforest insects

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 994-1006

  Bouchard, P ^a,b,d   Brooks, D R ^c  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Evolution; Rainforest; Speciation; Vagility; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; RAINFOREST; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444241444     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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