Local representation of global diversity in a cosmopolitan lichen-forming fungal species complex (Rhizoplaca, Ascomycota)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1792-1806

  Leavitt, Steven D ^a,b   Fernández Mendoza, Fernando ^c,d   Pérez Ortega, Sergio ^e   Sohrabi, Mohammad ^f   Divakar, Pradeep K ^g   Vondrák, Jan ^h   Thorsten Lumbsch, H ^a   Clair, Larry L St ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

beast; Biogeography; bpp; Coalescent; Cryptic species; Long distance dispersal; Rhizoplaca melanophthalma; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COALESCENCE; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LICHEN; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES COMPLEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VICARIANCE;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; RHIZOPLACA; RHIZOPLACA MELANOPHTHALMA;

EID: 84881610681     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12118     Document Type: Article

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