How old is the Hawaiian biota? Geology and phylogeny suggest recent divergence
- Author:
- Price, Jonathan, Clague, David A.
- Title:
- How old is the Hawaiian biota? Geology and phylogeny suggest recent divergence
- Periodical:
- Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences
- Year:
- 2002
- Volume:
- 269
- Pages:
- 2429-2435
- Subject:
- Biology Hawaii Islands Volcanism Geology Hawaii
- Summary:
- The study used Geographic Information Systems technology to analyze features of the Hawaiian ridge, life stages of volcanoes, and estimates of height over time. It came to a conclusion that much of the present biota is possibly the result of recent colonization from outside the archipelago and divergence within contemporary islands, with limited dispersal from older islands.
- Label:
- Geology
- URL:
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691179/pdf/12495485.pdf
- Date:
- December 7, 2002
- Collection:
- Periodicals