Introduced alien or persecuted native? Resolving the origin of the viperine snake (Natrix Maura) on Mallorca

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3045-3054

  Guicking, Daniela ^a   Griffiths, Richard A ^b   Moore, Robin D ^b   Joger, Ulrich ^c   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balearic Isles; Cytochrome b; Introduced species; ISSR PCR; Squamata: Colubridae: Natrix maura

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE; TOAD;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALYTES MULETENSIS; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA; COLUBRIDAE; NATRIX MAURA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 33748993433     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-4878-y     Document Type: Article

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