Cross-section of a refugium: Genetic diversity of amphibian and reptile populations in the Balkans

Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Conservation of European Biodiversity

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 327-337

  Crnobrnja Isailovic, Jelka ^a  

^a Institute for Biological Research   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkan Peninsula; genetic diversity; herpetofauna; refugium

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350256526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4904-8_13     Document Type: Chapter

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