The genetic structure of the mountain forest butterfly Erebia euryale unravels the late Pleistocene and postglacial history of the mountain coniferous forest biome in Europe

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2194-2207

  Schmitt, Thomas ^a   Haubrich, Karola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Coniferous mountain forests; European high mountain systems; Intraspecific differentiation; Lepidoptera; Phylogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ICE COVER; PHYLOGENY; TREE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMES; EUROPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ICE COVER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TREES;

EREBIA EURYALE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 42449108289     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03687.x     Document Type: Article

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