Evolution and Biodiversity of Antarctic Organisms: A Molecular Perspective

Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 417-467

  Rogers, Alex D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic organisms, and biodiversity; Antarctica, climatic crucible of evolution; Biogeography and macroevolution; Constraints on adaptation; Marine environment; Notothenioid fish; Southern hemisphere biota; Sub Antarctic, Antarctic biota; Vicariance versus dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886011783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444347241.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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