Did geckos ride the Palawan raft to the Philippines?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1217-1234

  Siler, Cameron D ^a   Oaks, Jamie R ^a   Welton, Luke J ^a   Linkem, Charles W ^a   Swab, John C ^a   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Brown, Rafe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Buruanga Peninsula; Diversification; Gekko; Islands; Lizards; Palawan Ark Hypothesis; Philippines; Rafting; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84862796450     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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