Ecological partitioning among parapatric cryptic species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3206-3225

  Dennis, Alice B ^a   Hellberg, Michael E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Intertidal gastropod; Melampus bidentatus; Niche modeling; Range limits; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS; TEMPERATURE;

GASTROPODA; MELAMPUS BIDENTATUS;

EID: 77954852146     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04689.x     Document Type: Article

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