Extreme convergence in stick insect evolution: Phylogenetic placement of the Lord Howe Island tree lobster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1659, 2009, Pages 1055-1062

  Buckley, Thomas R ^a   Attanayake, Dilini ^a   Bradler, Sven ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Convergent evolution; Dryococelus; Eurycanthinae; Lanceocercata; Phasmatodea

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; INSECT; LOBSTER; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DRYOCOCELUS AUSTRALIS; HEXAPODA; LOBSTER; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 60049092877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1552     Document Type: Article

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