The declining Spadefoot toad, Pelobates fuscus (Pelobatidae): Paleo and recent environmental changes as a major influence on current population structure and status

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Eggert, Christophe ^a   Cogălniceanu, Dan ^b   Veith, Michael ^c   Dzukic, Georg ^d   Taberlet, Pierre ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Dryas; Global changes; Low polymorphism; mtDNA; Nested clade phylogeographic analysis; Pelobates fuscus; Spadefoot toad

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; HABITAT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOAD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANURA; PELOBATES FUSCUS; PELOBATIDAE; PELODYTIDAE;

EID: 33745016058     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9124-y     Document Type: Article

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