Bridging the gap between community ecology and historical biogeography: Niche conservatism and community structure in emydid turtles

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4664-4679

  Stephens, P R ^a   Wiens, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Emydidae; Historical biogeography; Niche conservatism; Phylogeny; Turtles

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURTLES;

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70350761853     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04378.x     Document Type: Article

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