Island biogeography of Galápagos lava lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): Species diversity and colonization of the archipelago

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1606-1626

  Benavides, Edgar ^a   Baum, Rebecca ^b   Snell, Heidi M ^c,d   Snell, Howard L ^c,d   Sites Jr , Jack W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Gal pagos; Lizards; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular timing of colonization; Nuclear DNA; Oceanic islands; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; DIVERGENCE; ISLAND; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECUADOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; MARCHENA ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN CRISTOBAL [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA;

MICROLOPHUS; MICROLOPHUS ALBEMARLENSIS; MICROLOPHUS BIVITTATUS; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE;

EID: 66349115334     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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