Genetic and historic evidence for climate-driven population fragmentation in a top cetacean predator: The harbour porpoises in European water

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1695, 2010, Pages 2829-2837

  Fontaine, Michaël C ^a,b,n,o   Tolley, Krystal A ^c,d   Michaux, Johan R ^a,b   Birkun Jr , Alexei ^e   Ferreira, Marisa ^f   Jauniaux, Thierry ^a,g   Llavona, Ngela ^h   Öztürk, Bayram ⁱ   Öztürk, Ayaka A ⁱ   Ridoux, Vincent ^j   Rogan, Emer ^k   Sequeira, Marina ^l   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^a   Baird, Stuart J E ^b,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e Lab Biotechnological Res Ecol M   (Ukraine)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^g ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^h CEMMA   (Spain)

ⁱ ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^l Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^m CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^o CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

Cetacean; Climate change; Coalescence; Habitat fragmentation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LITTLE ICE AGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PORPOISE; PREDATOR; RELICT COMMUNITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 77956916100     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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