Evolutionary drivers of phylogeographical diversity in the highlands of Mexico: A case study of the Crotalus triseriatus species group of montane rattlesnakes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 697-710

  Bryson, Robert W ^a   Murphy, Robert W ^b,c   Lathrop, Amy ^b   Lazcano Villareal, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Divergence dating; Diversification rates; Mexico; Phylogeography; Pine oak forest; Reptiles; Transvolcanic Belt; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIVERGENCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOMICS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MIOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SNAKE; UPLAND REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ARIZONA (SNAKE); CROTALUS; CROTALUS TRISERIATUS; REPTILIA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 79952653357     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02431.x     Document Type: Article

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