Current geographical ranges of Malagasy dung beetles are not delimited by large rivers

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1098-1108

  Knopp, Theresa ^a   Rahagalala, Pierre ^b   Miinala, Mirja ^a   Hanski, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Canthonini; Deforestation; Dispersal barrier; Dung beetle; FST; Geographical range; Madagascar; Microendemism; Nanos; Riverine barrier hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BARRIER ISLAND; BEETLE; COASTAL ZONE; CYTOCHROME; DEFORESTATION; DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE;

MADAGASCAR; MANGORO RIVER;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 79955875547     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02463.x     Document Type: Article

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