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Figure S6 from Lizards of the lost arcs: mid-Cenozoic diversification, persistence and ecological marginalization in the West Pacific
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posted on 2018-01-16, 15:13 authored by Paul M. Oliver, Rafe M. Brown, Fred Kraus, Eric Rittmeyer, Scott L. Travers, Cameron D. SilerObserved (red bars) versus simulated numbers (blue) of taxa occurring in marginal habitats in regions of Continental and Arc geology: A) the East Papuan Composite Terrane (EPCT) coded as Arc; and B) with the EPCT coded as Continental. The EPCT region is not strictly an island arc, rather a microcontinent, however geological models suggest a history of isolation similar to island arcs, and that land in this region has only recently accreted onto the present day landmass of New Guinea.