Seri Indian traditional knowledge and molecular biology agree: No express train for island-hopping spiny-tailed iguanas in the Sea of Cortés

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-284

  Davy, Christina M ^a,b   Méndez De La Cruz, Fausto R ^c   Lathrop, Amy ^b   Murphy, Robert W ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Baja California; Ctenosaura conspicuosa; Ctenosaura hemilopha; Ctenosaura nolascensis; Genealogy; Human mediated dispersal; Iguanidae; Island biogeography; Molecular clock; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; CTENOSAURA; CTENOSAURA HEMILOPHA; IGUANIDAE; REPTILIA; SERI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78751475043     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02422.x     Document Type: Article

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