Forest refugia in Western and Central Africa as 'museums' of Mesozoic biodiversity

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Murienne, Jérôme ^a,b   Benavides, Ligia R ^c   Prendini, Lorenzo ^d   Hormiga, Gustavo ^c   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Arachnida; Biogeography; Marine incursion; Refugia; Ricinulei

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BIODIVERSITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MESOZOIC; MUSEUM; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; RICINULEI;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AFRICA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84872017504     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0932     Document Type: Article

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