How Can Biogeographers Determine the Roles of Vicariance and Dispersal

question 64

Multiple Choice

How can biogeographers determine the roles of vicariance and dispersal when reconstructing the evolutionary history of a particular distribution?

• A) By studying area phylogenies
• B) By applying the parsimony principle
• C) By understanding the geologic events of the area
• D) Both a and b
• E) All of the above

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