Multiple quaternary refugia in the eastern guiana shield revealed by comparative phylogeography of 12 frog species

Systematic Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-489

  Fouquet, Antoine ^a,b,c   Noonan, Brice P ^d   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^a   Pech, Nicolas ^c   Gilles, André ^c   Gemmell, Neil J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anura; comparative phylogeography; Guiana Shield; Quaternary; refugia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GUYANA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; GUYANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANURA;

EID: 84859923646     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr130     Document Type: Article

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