Recent origin, active speciation and dispersal for the lichen genus Nephroma (Peltigerales) in Macaronesia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1138-1151

  Sérusiaux, Emmanuël ^a   Villarreal A , Juan Carlos ^b   Wheeler, Tim ^c   Goffinet, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence date; Lichenized fungi; Long distance dispersal; Macaronesia; Nephroma; Phylogeography; Radiation; Speciation; Western north america

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARCHIPELAGO; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; LICHEN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

FUNGI; NEPHROMA BELLUM; NEPHROMA HELVETICUM; NEPHROMA LAEVIGATUM; NEPHROMA PARILE; NEPHROMA PLUMBEUM; PELTIGERALES;

EID: 79955805163     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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