River barriers and cryptic biodiversity in an evolutionary museum

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 536-545

  Voelker, G ^a   Marks, B D ^a   Kahindo, C ^b   A'genonga, U ^c   Bapeamoni, F ^c   Duffie, L E ^a   Huntley, J W ^a   Mulotwa, E ^c   Rosenbaum, S A ^a   Light, J E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Section of Hydrobiology   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

Author keywords

Afrotropics; Birds; Congo River; Cryptic diversity; Lice; River barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886232894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.482     Document Type: Article

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