Review. Colonization and diversification of Galápagos terrestrial fauna: A phylogenetic and biogeographical synthesis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1508, 2008, Pages 3347-3361

  Parent, Christine E ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^b   Petren, Kenneth ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Diversification; Evolution; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; ISLAND; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51849127437     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0118     Document Type: Review

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