Cladogenesis of the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-510

  Fickel, Joerns ^a   Hauffe, Heidi C ^b   Pecchioli, Elena ^b   Soriguer, Ramon ^c   Vapa, Ljiljana ^d   Pitra, Christian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d Department of Genetics ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Glacial refugia; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 48749115488     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-008-0175-x     Document Type: Article

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