Diversity and diversification of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-495

  Papadopoulou, Anna ^a   Cardoso, Anabela ^a   Gómez Zurita, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biodiversity and conservation hotspot; Coalescent method; Diversification patterns; DNA barcoding; Eocene; Generalized mixed Yule; mtDNA; Phylogeny; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880167332     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12039     Document Type: Article

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