Molecular Studies and Phylogeography of Amazonian Tetrapods and their Relation to Geological and Climatic Models

Amazonia, Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the Past

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 386-404

  Antonelli, Alexandre ^a,b   Quijada Mascareñas, Adrián ^c   Crawford, Andrew J ^d,e   Bates, John M ^f   Velazco, Paúl M ^f   Wüster, Wolfgang ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^g BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonian biodiversity, origins and evolution; Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) tests differences in pairwise genetic differences; Disturbance vicariance hypothesis; Molecular studies and phylogeography of Amazonian tetrapods; Neotropical region vertebrate diversification and geological and climatic models; Neotropical tetrapod and divergence time estimates; Passerines or perching birds; Phylogeny and biogeographic history of New World emballonurid bats; Phylogeographic diversification patterns of tetrapods in Amazon; Phylogeography, discipline focusing on relationships between geography and gene genealogies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987684751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306408.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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