Phylogeography of the dark kangaroo mouse, Microdipodops megacephalus: Cryptic lineages and dispersal routes in North America's Great Basin

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1077-1097

  Hafner, John C ^a   Upham, Nathan S ^a,b,c  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biogeography; Cryptic species; Directional analysis; Great basin; Haplotype area curves; Kangaroo mice; Microdipodops megacephalus; Mitochondrial dNA; Phylogeography; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; ISLAND; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

MICRODIPODOPS; MICRODIPODOPS MEGACEPHALUS; MICRODIPODOPS PALLIDUS; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955850369     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02472.x     Document Type: Article

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