The birth of an endemic species flock: Demographic history of the Bellamya group (Gastropoda, Viviparidae) in Lake Malawi

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-143

  Schultheiß, Roland ^a   Wilke, Thomas ^a   Jørgensen, Aslak ^b   Albrecht, Christian ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ancient lake; Biogeography; Extinction; Lake level changes; Parallel evolution; Radiation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; GASTROPOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PLIOCENE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

BELLAMYA; GASTROPODA; VIVIPARIDAE;

EID: 78650060606     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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