Uncovering cryptic species diversity of a termite community in a West African savanna

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 964-969

  Hausberger, Barbara ^a   Kimpel, Dorothea ^a   van Neer, Abbo ^a   Korb, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Bar coding; Ecosystem engineers; Savanna; Species richness; Termites

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOPTERA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANCISTROTERMES; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; MICROCEROTERMES; MICROTERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 80055107805     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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