Isolation and high genetic diversity in dwarf mountain toads (Capensibufo) from South Africa

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 822-834

  Tolley, Krystal A ^a,c   De Villiers, Atherton L ^b   Cherry, Michael I ^c   Measey, G John ^a,d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Amphibian dispersal; Cape Fold Mountains; Cape Peninsula; Climate change

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISPERSAL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHILOPATRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TOAD;

CAPE PENINSULA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; CAPENSIBUFO; CAPENSIBUFO ROSEI; CAPENSIBUFO TRADOUWI;

EID: 77954740134     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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