Vicariance and endemism in a Neotropical savanna hotspot: Distribution patterns of Cerrado squamate reptiles

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1907-1922

  Nogueira, Cristiano ^a   Ribeiro, Síria ^b   Costa, Gabriel C ^c   Colli, Guarino R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Faculdades Integradas do Tapajos   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Biotic elements; Conservation biogeography; Distribution patterns; Open areas; Reptiles; South American savanna

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HOT SPOT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MUSEUM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPTILE; SAVANNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; VICARIANCE;

AMAZONIA;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052705275     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02538.x     Document Type: Article

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