The Straits of Gibraltar: Barrier or bridge to Ibero-Moroccan bat diversity?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 434-450

  García Mudarra, Juan L ^a   Ibáñez, Carlos ^a   Juste, Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community; Cryptic diversity; Cytochrome b; Dispersal; Genetic differentiation; Mitochondrial DNA; ND1; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; RAG2

Indexed keywords

BAT; CORRELATION; CYTOCHROME; DISPERSAL; DNA; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

MYOTIS MYSTACINUS; MYOTIS NATTERERI;

EID: 58549097269     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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