Biogeography and diversification of colletid bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): Emerging patterns from the southern end of the world

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 526-544

  Almeida, Eduardo A B ^a,b   Pie, Marcio R ^c   Brady, Seán G ^d   Danforth, Bryan N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Apoidea; Australia; Event based methods; Gondwana; Historical biogeography; Macroevolution; Palaeoclimatology; South America

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANCESTRY; ARIDIFICATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEE; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORISTICS; GONDWANA; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TOPOLOGY; VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; COLLETIDAE; EURYGLOSSINAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84857111165     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02624.x     Document Type: Article

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