Pliocene and Pleistocene events shaping the genetic diversity within the central corridor of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 949-960

  Resende, Helder C ^a   Yotoko, Karla S C ^a   Delabie, Jacques H C ^b   Costa, Marco A ^c   Campiolo, Sofia ^c   Tavares, Mara G ^a   Campos, Lucio A O ^a   Fernandes Salomão, Tânia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest diversification; Dinoponera lucida; Giant queenless ant; Phylogeography; Pleistocene refuge theory; Ponerinae

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

DINOPONERA LUCIDA; FORMICIDAE; PONERINAE;

EID: 78649413805     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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