Biogeography and morphological evolution in a Pacific island ant radiation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-130

  Sarnat, Eli M ^a   Moreau, Corrie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

convergent evolution; ecological release; Fiji; Formicidae; Pheidole; spinescence

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE ROOSEVELTI;

EID: 78650702698     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04916.x     Document Type: Article

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