Disjunct distributions of freshwater snails testify to a central role of the Congo system in shaping biogeographical patterns in Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schultheiß, Roland ^a,b   Van Bocxlaer, Bert ^c,d   Riedel, Frank ^e,f   Von Rintelen, Thomas ^g   Albrecht, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congo; East African Rift System; Freshwater biogeography; Lake Malawi; Lake Tanganyika; Zambezi

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CATCHMENT; CENOZOIC; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIFT ZONE; RIVER SYSTEM; SNAIL; TROPICAL REGION; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

CONGO RIVER; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; LAKE TANGANYIKA; NAMIBIA; OKAVANGO; ZAMBEZI RIVER; CONGO;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA; VIVIPARIDAE;

FRESH WATER;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SNAIL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; FRESH WATER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SNAILS;

EID: 84899471935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-42     Document Type: Article

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