Biogeography of scorpions in the Pseudouroctonus minimus complex (Vaejovidae) from south-western North America: Implications of ecological specialization for pre-Quaternary diversification

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1850-1860

  Bryson, Robert W ^a   Savary, Warren E ^b   Prendini, Lorenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diversification; North America; Phylogeography; Pseudouroctonus; Speciation; Stenotopy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIVERGENCE; EARTH; EVOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; OROGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; HIGHLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOUROCTONUS; PSEUDOUROCTONUS MINIMUS; SCORPIONES; VAEJOVIDAE;

EID: 84884706339     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12134     Document Type: Article

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