Evolutionary assembly of island faunas reverses the classic island-mainland richness difference in Anolis lizards

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1125-1137

  Algar, Adam C ^a   Losos, Jonathan B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Caribbean islands; Climate; Diversification rate; Evolutionary radiation; Island biogeography; Reptiles; Speciation rate; Species richness; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MUSEUM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANOLIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79955847643     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02466.x     Document Type: Article

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