Lineage divergence and speciation in the Web-toed Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Hydromantes) of the Sierra Nevada, California

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4554-4571

  Rovito, Sean M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Montane; Peripatric; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Plethodontidae

Indexed keywords

HYDROMANTES; HYDROMANTES BRUNUS; HYDROMANTES PLATYCEPHALUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 78649278541     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04825.x     Document Type: Article

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