Parsimony analysis of endemicity as a panbiogeographical tool: An analysis of Caribbean plant taxa

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 961-976

  Echeverry, Amparo ^a   Morrone, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evolutionary biogeography; Primary biogeographic homology; Systematic biogeography; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 78649428543     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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