Ancient forest fragmentation or recent radiation? Testing refugial speciation models in chameleons within an African biodiversity hotspot
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Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South Africa, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa, Tropical Biodiversity Section, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Via Calepina 14, I-38100 Trento, Italy, Bayworld, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa, Department of Zoology, P O Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa
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تاریخ انتشار 2011