Three continents claiming an archipelago: The evolution of Aegean's herpetofaunal diversity

Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-255

  Lymberakis, Petros ^a   Poulakakis, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Amphibians; Greece; Patterns; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERPETOFAUNA; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77958170363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d2020233     Document Type: Article

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