Review. Molecular biogeography and diversification of the endemic terrestrial fauna of the Hawaiian Islands

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1508, 2008, Pages 3363-3376

  Cowie, Robert H ^a   Holland, Brenden S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Birds; Dispersal; Hawaii; Snails; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIRD; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ISLAND; SNAIL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACHATINELLA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; DICRANOMYIA; DROSOPHILIDAE; GASTROPODA; GRYLLIDAE; HAVAIKA; HYLAEUS; INVERTEBRATA; LAUPALA; PORZANA; SUCCINEIDAE; TETRAGNATHA; THERIDION; TIPULIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 51849152003     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0061     Document Type: Review

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