Rapid lizard radiation lacking niche conservatism: Ecological diversification within a complex landscape

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1807-1818

  Ahmadzadeh, Faraham ^a,b   Flecks, Morris ^b   Carretero, Miguel A ^c   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b   Ilgaz, Cetin ^d   Engler, Jan O ^b,e   James Harris, D ^c   Üzüm, Nazan ^f   Rödder, Dennis ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Ancestral niche reconstruction; Eastern Mediterranean; Lacerta media; Lacerta pamphylica; Lacerta trilineata; Lacertid lizards; Niche divergence; Niche overlap; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LIZARD; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

LACERTA MEDIA; LACERTA PAMPHYLICA; LACERTA TRILINEATA; LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84881610532     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12121     Document Type: Article

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