Elucidating the phylogeographic structure among a mosaic of unisexual and bisexual populations of the weevil Geodercodes latipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Transverse Ranges of southern California

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 935-948

  Polihronakis, Maxi ^a   Caterino, Michael S ^a   Chatzimanolis, Stylianos ^b  

^a SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Floristic Province; Parthenogenesis; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

CALIFORNIA; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GEODERCODES LATIPENNIS;

EID: 78649420276     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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