Review. The West Indies as a laboratory of biogeography and evolution

TY - JOUR

T1 - Review. The West Indies as a laboratory of biogeography and evolution

AU - Ricklefs, Robert E.

AU - Bermingham, Eldredge

N1 - Islands have long provided material and inspiration for the study of evolution and ecology. The West Indies are complex historically and geographically, providing a rich backdrop for the analysis of colonization, diversification and extinction of species. They are sufficiently isolated to sustain endemic forms and close enough to sources of colonists to develop a dynamic interaction with surrounding continental regions.

PY - 2008/1/1

Y1 - 2008/1/1

UR - http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/cgi/doi/10.1098/rstb.2007.2068

M3 - Article

JO - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

JF - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

ER -