Closing the ring: Historical biogeography of the salamander ring species Ensatina eschscholtzii

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 982-995

  Kuchta, Shawn R ^a,b   Parks, Duncan S ^a   Mueller, Rachel Lockridge ^a   Wake, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Biogeography; California; Geomorphology; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Speciation; Species concepts

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; AMPHIBIAN; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MODEL TEST; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ENSATINA; ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 64749112839     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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