Testing Pleistocene refugia theory: Phylogeographical analysis of Desmognathus wrighti, a high-elevation salamander in the southern Appalachians

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 969-984

  Crespi, Erica J ^a,b,c   Rissler, Leslie J ^b,d   Browne, Robert A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Plethodontidae; Southern Desmognathus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CLIMATE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RRNA; GEOGRAPHY; ISOENZYMES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS WRIGHTI; PLETHODONTIDAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038814864     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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