Why does the biota of the Madagascar region have such a strong Asiatic flavour?

Cladistics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 526-538

  Warren, Ben H ^a   Strasberg, Dominique ^a   Bruggemann, J Henrich ^a   Prys Jones, Robert P ^b   Thébaud, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GONDWANA; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEA LEVEL; VICARIANCE;

AFRICA; ASIA; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 77956400626     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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