Deep intra-island divergence of a montane forest endemic: Phylogeography of the Puerto Rican frog Eleutherodactylus portoricensis (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2311-2325

  Barker, Brittany S ^a   Waide, Robert B ^a   Cook, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Climate change; Eleutherodactylus portoricensis; Island biogeography; Phylogeography; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FROG; GENE FLOW; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONTANE FOREST; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE;

PUERTO RICO;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PORTORICENSIS;

EID: 81255160832     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02578.x     Document Type: Article

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