Review. Evolution of New Zealand's terrestrial fauna: A review of molecular evidence

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1508, 2008, Pages 3319-3334

  Goldberg, Julia ^a   Trewick, Steven A ^a   Paterson, Adrian M ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Gondwanan; New Zealand; Phylogeography; Zealandia

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; GONDWANA; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 51849092678     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0114     Document Type: Review

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