Phylogeography of a mite, Halozetes fulvus, reflects the landscape history of a young volcanic island in the sub-Antarctic

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-145

  Mortimer, Elizabeth ^a,c   van Vuuren, Bettine Jansen ^a   Meiklejohn, K Ian ^b   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biogeography; COI; Geomorphology; Marion Island; Prince Edward Islands; Rarefaction analyses

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DATA SET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MITE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ANTARCTICA; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 83155192926     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01770.x     Document Type: Article

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