Phylogeography of the pool frog (Rana lessonae Camerano) in Europe: Evidence for native status in Great Britain and for an unusual postglacial colonization route

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-51

  Snell, Charles ^a   Tetteh, John ^a   Evans, Ivor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic refugia; Northern clade; RAPD; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

FROG; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; REINTRODUCTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANURA; RANA LESSONAE;

EID: 18644371633     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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