The evolution of local endemism in madagascar: Watershed versus climatic gradient hypotheses evaluated by null biogeographic models

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 959-967

  Pearson, Richard G ^a   Raxworthy, Christopher J ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; REPTILES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CHAMAELEONIDAE; GEKKONIDAE; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 62749111360     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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