Mite dispersal among the southern ocean islands and antarctica before the last glacial maximum

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1709, 2011, Pages 1247-1255

  Mortimer, E ^a   van Vuuren, Jansen B ^a   Lee, J E ^a   Marshall, D J ^b   Convey, P ^c   Chown, S L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ameronothroid mites; Biogeography; Dispersal; Glacial refugia; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITE; PHYLOGENY; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84867187626     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1779     Document Type: Article

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