Resolving the Azorean knot: A response to Carine & Schaefer (2010)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1179-1184

  Triantis, Kostas A ^a,b   Hortal, Joaquín ^a,c,d   Amorim, Isabel ^a,e   Cardoso, Pedro ^a,f   Santos, Ana M C ^a,d   Gabriel, Rosalina ^a   Borges, Paulo A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azores; Canary Islands; Climate oscillations; Diversification; Endemism; Isolation; Macaronesia; Sea level oscillations; Seamounts; Stepping stones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861127103     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02623.x     Document Type: Letter

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