Genetic diversity and phylogeography of the greater mouse-tailed bat Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich, 1782) in the Levant

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Levin, Eran ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Barnea, Anat ^b   Huchon, Dorothée ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Levant; MtDNA; Rhinopoma microphyllum

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; RHINOPOMA MICROPHYLLUM;

EID: 62449174380     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811008X414791     Document Type: Article

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