Geodiversity and endemism in the iconic Australian Pilbara region: A review of landscape evolution and biotic response in an ancient refugium

Date

2013

Authors

Pepper, Mitzy
Doughty, Paul
Keogh, J Scott

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Aim: We review the biogeography of the Pilbara, synthesize information on the geological and landscape history of this region and surrounds, and assess fine-scale genetic structure across multiple taxa to examine hypotheses concerning the distribution of

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Keywords: arid environment; endemism; genetic differentiation; genetic marker; genetic structure; geodiversity; herpetofauna; hypothesis testing; landscape evolution; landscape history; lizard; mitochondrial DNA; phylogenetics; phylogeny; phylogeography; refugium; Arid zone; Biogeography; Desert; Diplodactylidae; Gecko; Gekkonidae; Geology; Phylogeography; Pilbara; Western Australia

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Journal of Biogeography

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Journal article

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2037-12-31