Cryptic niche conservatism among evolutionary lineages of an invasive lizard

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-211

  Schulte, Ulrich ^a   Hochkirch, Axel ^a   Lötters, Stefan ^a   Rödder, Dennis ^a,c   Schweiger, Silke ^b   Weimann, Thomas ^a   Veith, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Invasion success; MtDNA; Niche conservatism; Niche evolution; Podarcis muralis; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CORRELATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EUROPE;

PODARCIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84855542412     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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