Speciation and radiations track climate transitions since the Miocene Climatic Optimum: A case study of southern African chameleons

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1402-1414

  Tolley, Krystal A ^a   Chase, Brian M ^b   Forest, Félix ^a,c,d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global cooling; Hotspots; Lizards; Miocene; Palaeoclimate; Pliocene; Reptiles; Southern Africa; Species radiation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIZARD; MIOCENE; OPTIMIZATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRADYPODION; CHAMAELEONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 47949089112     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01889.x     Document Type: Article

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