The Hawaiian Archipelago is a stepping stone for dispersal in the Pacific: An example from the plant genus Melicope (Rutaceae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-241

  Harbaugh, Danica T ^a   Wagner, Warren L ^a   Allan, Gerard J ^b   Zimmer, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaiian Islands; Island biogeography; Long distance dispersal; Melicope; Molecular phylogeny; Pacific biogeography; Rutaceae; Stepping stone

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHLOROPLAST; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MELICOPE; PLATYDESMA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 58449097872     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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