Glacial survival or late glacial colonization? Phylogeography of the root vole (Microtus oeconomus) in north-west Norway

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2136-2144

  Brunhoff, Cecilia ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^b,c   Ims, Rolf A ^b   Jaarola, Maarit ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

And ya; Colonization history; Cytochrome b; Glacial refugia; Microtus oeconomus; mtDNA; North west Norway; Nunatak model

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; LATE GLACIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33750950988     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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