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The imprint of geologic history on within-island diversification of woodlouse-hunter spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae) in the Canary Islands.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Macías-Hernández Nuria, Bidegaray-Batista Leticia, Emerson Brent C, Oromí Pedro, Arnedo Miquel
Abstract excerpt
Geological processes and ecological adaptation are major drivers of diversification on oceanic islands. Although diversification in these islands is often interpreted as resulting from dispersal or island hopping rather than vicariance, this may not be the case in islands with complex geological histories. The island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, emerged in the late Miocene as 3 precursor islands that were...
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