Genetic isolation of insular populations of the Maghrebian bat, Myotis punicus, in the Mediterranean Basin

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1557-1569

  Biollaz, François ^a   Bruyndonckx, Nadia ^a   Beuneux, Grégory ^b   Mucedda, Mauro ^c   Goudet, Jérôme ^a   Christe, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Groupe Chiroptère Corse   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Corsica; Island biogeography; Mediterranean Basin; North Africa; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BAT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; DIVERGENCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; NORTH AFRICA; SARDINIA;

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS PUNICUS;

EID: 77954247362     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02282.x     Document Type: Article

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