Genetic structure of the alpine newt, Mesotriton alpestris (Salamandridae, Caudata), in the southern limit of its distribution: Implications for conservation

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-311

  Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Eleftherakos, Karolos ^a   Kalezić, Milos L ^b   Legakis, Anastasios ^a   Polymeni, Rosa Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Conservation units; Genetic variation; Greece; Mesotriton alpestris veluchiensis; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION STATUS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 40149107301     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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