Projektnummer

0053868

Zusammenfassung

Madagascar is famous for its biodiversity and its high prevalence of microendemic species, particularly among amphibians and reptiles. Most of these are forest dwelling and have high species-level turnover on very small geographic scales. Therefore Madagascar is especially suitable for studies on speciation and adaptive radiation, because the species-richness and the several endemic radiations allow statistical comparisons of evolutionary patterns. Recent studies have challenged the traditional view on Madagascar's biogeography by showing that in different vertebrate groups the primary...