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Niche differentiation and spatial partitioning in the evolution of two Australian monsoon tropical tree species

Date

Authors

Edwards, R.D.

Crisp, Michael

Cook, Lynette Gai

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Aim: Geographical and climatic barriers to organismal dispersal and distribution play a major role in speciation. We use a sister-pair of widespread savanna trees (Melaleuca argentea and M. fluviatilis) to test the influence of putative barriers on diver

Keywords

Keywords: allopatry; biogeography; dicotyledon; dispersal; evolutionary biology; genetic variation; niche partitioning; savanna; spatial distribution; speciation (biology); sympatry; tropical forest; Australia; Carpentaria; Melaleuca; Melaleuca argentea; Melaleuca Australian monsoon tropics; Biogeography; Carpentaria Basin; CpDNA; Ecological niche modelling; Melaleuca; Niche divergence; Speciation; Sympatry

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64973

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Biogeography

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/jbi.12027

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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