Molecular inference of a Late Pleistocene diversification shift in Nigella s. lat. (Ranunculaceae) resulting from increased speciation in the Aegean archipelago

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1346-1360

  Bittkau, Christiane ^a   Comes, Hans Peter ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aegean archipelago; Allopatric speciation; Diversification rate; ITS; Lineages through time; Nigella; Rapid radiation; Survival analyses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; EXTINCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HABITAT SELECTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

NIGELLA; NIGELLA ARVENSIS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 67649209982     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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