Article
Comparative phylogeography of West African amphibians and reptiles.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2020
Leaché Adam D, Oaks Jamie R, Ofori-Boateng Caleb, Fujita Matthew K
Abstract excerpt
Comparative phylogeographic studies often support shared divergence times for co-distributed species with similar life histories and habitat specializations. During the late Holocene, West Africa experienced aridification and the turnover of rain forest habitats into savannas. These fragmented rain forests harbor impressive numbers of endemic and threatened species. In this setting, populations of co-distributed...
Topics
- Amphibians
- Animal Distribution
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Biodiversity
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Ghana
- Phylogeography
- Reptiles
