Testing ecological explanations for biogeographic boundaries

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 673-683

  Glor, Richard E ^a   Warren, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Environmental niche modeling; Niche conservatism; Speciation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; MIOCENE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

HISPANIOLA;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CHLOROCYANUS; ANOLIS COELESTINUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79952053856     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01177.x     Document Type: Article

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