Relative importance of habitat connectivity in shaping the genetic profiles of two southern African elephant-shrews

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 857-864

  Smit, Hanneline A ^a   Watson, Johan ^b   Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Biodiversity Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elephant shrews; Elephantulus rupestris; Isolation by distance; Macroscelidea; Macroscelides proboscideus; Mammals; Namibia; Phylogeography; Sengi; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY;

NAMIBIA;

ELEPHANTULUS RUPESTRIS; LOXODONTA; MACROSCELIDEA; MACROSCELIDES PROBOSCIDEUS; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 77953096915     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02249.x     Document Type: Article

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