Geographic variation in the age of temperate-zone reptile and amphibian species: Southern Hemisphere species are older

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-97

  Dubey, Sylvain ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Conservation status; Intraspecific diversification; Molecular dating; Reptile

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; META-ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77958583822     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0557     Document Type: Article

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