Rigorous approaches to species delimitation have significant implications for african crocodilian systematics and conservation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1776, 2013, Pages

  Shirley, Matthew H ^a,b   Vliet, Kent A ^a   Carr, Amanda N ^a   Austin, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SFM Safari Gabon   (Gabon)

Author keywords

African biogeography; Mecistops; Osteolaemus; Phylogeography; Speciation probability

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROCODILIAN; CRYPSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; INTROGRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

CAMEROON; CONGO; GUINEA;

EID: 84890031640     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2483     Document Type: Article

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