Phylogenetic diversity of Sri Lankan freshwater crabs and its implications for conservation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-196

  Beenaerts, Natalie ^a   Pethiyagoda, Rohan ^b   Ng, Peter K L ^c   Yeo, Darren C J ^c   Bex, Geert Jan ^a   Bahir, Mohomed M ^d   Artois, Tom ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Wildlife Heritage Trust Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Taprobanica Nature Conservation Society   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Elevational zone; Gecarcinucidae; Parathelphusidae; Phylogenetic diversity; Red List

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYURA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SRI LANKA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRESH WATER; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SRI LANKA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINUCIDAE; PARATHELPHUSIDAE;

EID: 72849129418     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04439.x     Document Type: Article

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