Investigating the origin of transoceanic distributions: Mtdna shows mabuya lizards (reptilia, scincidae) crossed the atlantic twice

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-282

  Carranza, S ^a   Arnold, E N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disjunct distribution; Fernando de Noronha; Mabuya; Mtdna; Skinks; Transmarine colonization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010526802     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200003001099     Document Type: Article

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