Flying with the birds? Recent large-area dispersal of four Australian Limnadopsis species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata)

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1605-1626

  Schwentner, Martin ^a   Timms, Brian V ^b,c   Richter, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Branchiopoda; Dispersal; Gene flow; Temporary pools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873145707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.265     Document Type: Article

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