The biogeography of the West Indian Butterflies (lepidoptera): An application of a vicariance/dispersalist model

Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 127-155

  Miller, Jacqueline Y ^a   Miller, Lee D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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