Speciation mirrors geomorphology and palaeoclimatic history in African laminate-toothed rats (Muridae: Otomyini) of the Otomys denti and Otomys lacustris species-complexes in the 'Montane Circle' of East Africa

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 913-941

  Taylor, Peter J ^a   Maree, Sarita ^b   Van Sandwyk, James ^b   Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C ^c,d   Stanley, William T ^d   Verheyen, Erik ^e   Kaliba, Potiphar ^f   Verheyen, Walter ^e   Kaleme, Prince ^g,h   Bennett, Nigel C ^b  

^a Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^f Museums of Malawi   (Malawi)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN)   (Congo)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Ecological niche model; Geometric morphometrics; Partial least squares; Phylogeography; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; OTOMYS DENTI; OTOMYS LACUSTRIS; RATTUS;

EID: 63849157537     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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