The impact of shifts in marine biodiversity hotspots on patterns of range evolution: Evidence from the Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 146-161

  Dornburg, Alex ^a   Moore, Jon ^b,c   Beaulieu, Jeremy M ^d   Eytan, Ron I ^a   Near, Thomas J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral range reconstruction; Biodiversity hotspot; Biogeography; Coral reef fish; Fossil; West Tethys

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; HOT SPOT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; HOLOCENTRIDAE; HOLOCENTRINAE; MYRIPRISTINAE; PISCES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; FISH; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84925354875     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12562     Document Type: Article

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