New information for systematics, taxonomy, and phylogeography of the rodent genus Apodemus (Sylvaemus) in Ukraine

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 330-342

  Hoofer, Steven R ^a   Gaschak, Sergey ^b   Dunina Barkovskaya, Yelena ^a   Makluk, Julia ^b   Meeks, Heather N ^a   Wickliffe, Jeffrey K ^a,c   Baker, Robert J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Radioecology Laboratory   (Ukraine)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Cytochrome b; Distribution; Rodentia; Sylvaemus; Systematics; Taxonomy; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CRIMEA; DNIEPER RIVER; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS HERMONENSIS; APODEMUS ICONICUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; APODEMUS URALENSIS; MUS; RODENTIA; SYLVAEMUS;

EID: 34248339599     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-218R1.1     Document Type: Article

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