Madagascar as a model region of species diversification

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 456-465

  Vences, Miguel ^a   Wollenberg, Katharina C ^a   Vieites, David R ^b   Lees, David C ^c,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FAUNA; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL REGION;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; EVOLUTION; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTA; GENETIC SPECIATION; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 67651121881     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.011     Document Type: Review

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