Multiple differentiation centres of a non-Mediterranean butterfly species in south-eastern Europe

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 939-950

  Schmitt, Thomas ^a   Rákosy, László ^b   Abadjiev, Stanislav ^c   Müller, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Bulgaria; Erebia medusa; Extra Mediterranean; Genetic diversity; Genetic lineages; Nymphalidae; Phylogeography; Range expansion; Romania

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; BUTTERFLY; DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BULGARIA; CARPATHIAN BASIN; DANUBE VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EREBIA MEDUSA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 33846627658     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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