A species assemblage approach to comparative phylogeography of birds in Southern Australia

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 354-369

  Dolman, Gaynor ^a,b   Joseph, Leo ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative phylogeography; Ima; Msbayes; Nullarbor; Statistical phylogeography

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84859855727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.87     Document Type: Article

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