On glacial refugia, genetic diversity, and microevolutionary processes: Deep phylogeographical structure in the endemic newt Lissotriton italicus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-55

  Canestrelli, Daniele ^a   Sacco, Florinda ^a   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Hotspots; Italian peninsula; MtDNA; Multiple refugia; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; AMPHIBIAN; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARAPATRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 82955164605     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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