Diversification in North American arid lands: Niche conservatism, divergence and expansion of habitat explain speciation in the genus Ephedra

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-450

  Loera, Israel ^a   Sosa, Victoria ^a   Ickert Bond, Stefanie M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephedra; Gnetales; Niche conservatism; North American arid lands; Secondary radiation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EPHEDRA; FOSSIL; GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; EPHEDRA; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA ANTISYPHILITICA; EPHEDRA ASPERA; EPHEDRA CALIFORNICA; EPHEDRA CORYI; EPHEDRA CUTLERI; EPHEDRA TORREYANA; EPHEDRA TRIFURCA; EPHEDRA VIRIDIS; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 84866152701     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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