Historical explanation of the origin of the herpetofauna of Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 817-833

  Flores Villela, Oscar ^a   Martínez Salazar, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brooks Parsimony Analysis; Dispersal; Reconciled trees; Vicariance biogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949111652     PISSN: 18703453     EISSN: 20078706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.111/J.2007-8706     Document Type: Article

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