Evidence for multiple pleistocene refugia in the postglacial expansion of the eastern tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 372-383

  Church, Sheri A ^a,c   Kraus, Johanna M ^a   Mitchell, Joseph C ^b   Church, Don R ^a   Taylor, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Disjunct; Migration; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; VICARIANCE;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037296626     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00271.x     Document Type: Article

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