Divide to conquer: A complex pattern of biodiversity depicted by vertebrate components in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-55

  Silva, Sofia Marques ^a,b   Moraes Barros, Nadia ^a   Ribas, Camila C ^c,d   Ferrand, Nuno ^b   Morgante, João S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic components; Brazilian Atlantic forest; Distribution patterns; Endemism areas; Heterogeneous biome; Panbiogeography; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; COMPLEXITY; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE; VICARIANCE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84864846766     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01919.x     Document Type: Article

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