Phylogeography and Pleistocene demographic history of the endangered marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) from the Río de la Plata Basin

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 563-575

  Márquez, Alejandro ^a   Maldonado, J E ^b   Gonzalez S ^a   Beccaceci, M D ^c   Garcia, J E ^d   Duarte, J M B ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blastocerus dichotomus; Cervidae; Conservation; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RIPARIAN ZONE; WETLAND;

AMAZONIA; ARGENTINA; PARANA DELTA; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 33748907369     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9067-8     Document Type: Article

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