Eastward from Africa: Palaeocurrent-mediated chameleon dispersal to the Seychelles islands

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-228

  Townsend, Ted M ^a   Tolley, Krystal A ^b,f   Glaw, Frank ^c   Böhme, Wolfgang ^d   Vences, Miguel ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^d ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaius; Biogeography; Chamaeleonidae; Indian Ocean; Overseas dispersal

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GONDWANA; LIZARD; PALEOCURRENT; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY; TERTIARY; VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; SEYCHELLES;

CALUMMA; CHAMAELEONIDAE;

EID: 79954483761     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0701     Document Type: Article

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