Radiation following long-distance dispersal: The contributions of time, opportunity and diaspore morphology in Sicyos (Cucurbitaceae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1427-1438

  Sebastian, Patrizia ^a   Schaefer, Hanno ^b   Lira, Rafael ^c   Telford, Ian R H ^d   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bird dispersal; Diversification; Gal pagos; Hawaiian radiation; Miocene; New Zealand; Trans Pacific dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AUSTRALIA; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CUCURBITACEAE; SECHIUM; SICYOS;

EID: 84864015233     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02695.x     Document Type: Article

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